Voices

India Today, May 3, 1999
May 3, 1999

"Anything can happen in this world."
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, care-taker prime minister, on the chances of his reinstatement

"That will not happen and we will not allow it to happen."
J. Jayalalitha, AIADMK chief, on the likelihood of Vajpayee being called back

"Migratory birds arrive only in a particular season. They will come when it's the voting season."
Arjun Singh, senior Congress leader, on the defectors from other parties joining his party

"Is the Congress in a position to pressure us?"
Mulayam Singh Yadav, Samajwadi Party chief

"One chapter is over. We always said that the bjp government's days were numbered."
Harkishan Singh Surjeet, CPI(M) general secretary

"I am not looking for reinstatement. I want the new government to restore my honour."
Vishnu Bhagwat, dismissed naval chief

"It is the media that is building up a lot of pressure. It's not good for the team."
Mohammed Azharuddin, Indian cricket captain

"Tell her to give a couple of hits first. Then I'll think of working with her."
Shakeel Noorani, producer, on actress Manisha Koirala, in Stardust