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	July 10, 2000

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India Today issue dated July 10, 2000 "Though he is an RSS man, Atal Bihari Vajpayee is a democrat to the core. It is beyond anyone's imagination."
Farooq Abdullah, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, during the debate on autonomy in the state Assembly

"Till yesterday you were blasting us because the strike was disrupting your telephone connections. Now that it is over, instead of congratulating us you are still blasting us."
Ram Vilas Paswan, Union communications minister, after buying peace with striking workers by bifurcating the Telecom Department

"Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future. If those who made mistakes in the past have come out of that, why shouldn't they become acceptable?"
George Fernandes, Union defence minister, referring to some of his current cabinet colleagues who were in the forefront of civil-rights violations during the Emergency

"I am supposed to be provocative and I intend to remain that way. I have always believed in telling it like it is."
Shobha De, author known for her steamy novels

"Farooq Abdullah is still a part of the NDA Government. He hasn't said that he is quitting the NDA."
L.K. Advani, Union Home Minister

"Let Farooq get out of the NDA if he wants to. But we are not going to ask him to stay or to get out."
J.P. Mathur, Vice-President, BJP

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