India Today: Voices

India Today
March 9, 1998

A stable government was our election issue till today, now the other issue is to save democracy.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, BJP's prime ministerial candidate, on the Uttar Pradesh crisis.

I take honest decisions which are criticised only by the BJP.
Romesh Bhandari, Uttar Pradesh governor.

What film stars are doing is the same as what Sonia is doing. There is nothing wrong in it.
Vinod Khanna, BJP candidate from Gurdaspur

I was a helpless pawn in the conspiracy.
Naresh Aggarwal, Loktantrik Congress Party leader, on his switching loyalties in the Uttar Pradesh drama.

It is not a beauty contest.
Manmohan Singh, Congress leader, saying the party's prime ministerial candidate will be decided only after the elections

Human rights have become a fashionable subject for socialites.
General V.P. Malik, chief of army staff

One knows that a role has clicked from the reactions at traffic signals.
Om Puri, actor, in G