Voices

India Today, March 1, 1999
March 1, 1999

"They are trying to bully the Government."
L.K. Advani, Union home minister, on the repeated threats of withdrawal of support by the BJP's allies at the Centre

"For me it is not just a Valentine's Day but a Valentine's year."
Pramod Mahajan, Union I&B minister, on having to manage a smooth relationship between the BJP and its allies.

"The poor have been massacred to behead the state government."
Laloo Prasad Yadav, RJD chief, on the massacre of Dalits and the imposition of President's rule in Bihar

"Communal amity will be restored in the country only if the BJP-led Government falls."
Murasoli Maran, DMK leader

"It needs the use of human psychology to handle all the MPs with their various demands."
Nitish Kumar, Union railway minister, on the demand for new trains before every railway budget

"Indica is not the end of the road for Telco ... In fact, it is just the beginning."
Ratan Tata, TELCO chairman, on the good response to Indica

"Taking wickets is easy but making a speech is difficult for me."
Anil Kumble, ace leg-spinner, at a ceremony to felicitate him for his 10-wicket haul against Pakistan

"As long as I can make the movies I dream about, who needs fast cars or a villa on the Riviera?"
Shekhar Kapur, director, in Filmfare