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	March 6, 2000

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"If parties changed leaders on the basis of election results, Sonia Gandhi should have stepped down by now."
Jana Krishnamurthy, BJP vice-president, ruling out a change of guard in Uttar Pradesh after the byelections

"When you invite guests to your home you are also duty-bound to warn them about the traffic blocks and potholes on the road to your door."
Naresh Chandra, India's ambassador to the US, cautioning the Clinton Administration against a Pakistan visit

"I am single, so I have no wife to send to the Rajya Sabha or a son-in-law to send to the Lok Sabha. My family is the poor of Orissa."
Naveen Patnaik, Union minister for mines, taking a dig at the Congress' J.B.Patnaik during the Orissa poll campaign

"Why can't that lady shoot her film quietly instead of creating a controversy and then cashing in on the publicity?"
Hema Malini, on Deepa Mehta and the controversy over her stalled film Water

"The protest was an emotional outburst against the portrayal of Gandhiji in the film Hey Ram."
Pradip Bhattacharya West Bengal PCC vice-president

"The tendency of political parties to use popular sentiments to whip up passions is scary."
Buddhadev dasgupta, Filmmaker

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