Voices

India Today, March 15, 1999
March 15, 1999

"We have been attacked several times and lost our land. We are determined not to lose any more land in future."
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, prime minister, on the Pakistani demand for a plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir

"If you displace one brick of this budget, the whole structure will come crumbling down."
Yashwant Sinha, Union finance minister, saying there would be no rollback in the budget proposals

"Opportunism is basically for self-interest. But this time, it will be suicidal for you."
L.K. Advani, home minister, to Congress leader Sharad Pawar, during the debate in the Lok Sabha on President's rule in Bihar

"They know there is no other paradigm. They have been worshipping false gods."
Manmohan Singh, former finance minister, on the BJP's earlier opposition to economic reforms

"A government living on daily wages should not take such decisions."
K. Natwar Singh, Congress leader, saying there should be a national consensus before India signs the CTBT

"Watching history being made was easier than describing it."
Kapil Dev, former cricketer, on his trip to Lahore along with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee

"Marriage? I don't want to marry for a long, long time. Who needs it?"
Raveena Tandon, actress, in Filmfare

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