Oct 25, 1999

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"I don't know in which laboratory such formulae are being prepared."
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, prime minister, on being asked if he had evolved a formula for ministry formation, before he was sworn in for the third time

"Whatever reverses were there, I take responsibility for them as party president."
Sonia Gandhi, Congress chief, after being elected CPP chairperson

"Had we projected Sonia as our prime ministerial candidate, the election result for the Congress would have been much better."
Ashok Gehlot, Rajasthan chief minister

"The party pulled down my government as well as Gujral's for no sin of ours. What has it achieved in the bargain?"
H.D. Deve Gowda, JD (S) chief, on the Congress' performance in the elections

"Do you want him to go? There are many who are interested in this."
H.S. Surjeet, CPI(M) general secretary, when asked if Jyoti Basu was quitting as West Bengal CM

"Had Kalyan Singh not helped Mulayam's Samajwadi Party, it would not have won 26 seats."
Mayawati, BSP vice-president

"If Kalyan and I had a pact, with whom did I battle? Nothing can be farther from the truth."
Mulayam Singh Yadav, SP chief

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