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VOICES
"There
is no marriage. There is no pregnancy. Yet there is heated discussion
on whether the son should be named Rama or Somalingam."
M.Venkaiah Naidu, Union rural development minister, on the CPI(M)'s
search for a left democratic alternative to the BJP
"Minorities
should not go by what the RSS, VHP or Bajrang Dal say. They should listen
to the BJP. As long as Atalji is the prime minister, the minorities have
no reason to worry."
Shahnawaz Hussain, Union minister, in The Asian Age
"He
is already my trump card. Whenever I am under pressure, I give the ball
to Zaheer. And so far he has delivered."
Saurav Ganguly, captain of the Indian cricket team, on Zaheer Khan,
the new pace bowler
VIS-A-VIS
"Congress
can be revitalised if partymen's verdict is respected and not subverted
by manipulation."
Jitendra Prasada Congress dissident
"Those
asking for elections at the highest level should first accept elections
in their districts."
Salman Khurshid Former Uttar Pradesh PCC chief
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INDIA TODAY Deputy Editor Swapan Dasgupta voices the despair of a community that Jyoti Basu forcibly converted into a diaspora in his 23 years of zero-contribution rule. 