India Today: Voices

India Today
July 13, 1998

If this Government falls due to its own conflicts, we will not shirk our responsibility to form the government.
Sonia Gandhi, Congress president

It is the misfortune of Uttar Pradesh, where Ayodhya is located, that it has given eight prime ministers to the nation, but no Sardar Patel.
Acharya Giriraj Kishore, VHP general secretary

We have a difference of opinion with the BJP, but there has to be stability. Any government should last its term to safeguard national interests.
M Karunanidhi, DMK president and Tamil Nadu chief minister

Everything is fine in love and war. When I used to go to the wrestling ring, I never thought I would be defeated.
Mulayam Singh Yadav, Samajwadi Party chief, in The Indian Express

Those who said sanctions will bite the economy have been bitten by sanctions.
Yashwant Sinha, Union finance minister

We are not going to select successors. This is not a kingdom.
J H Patel, Karnataka chief minister, on the dissidence against his leadership, in The Indian Express

Every woman believes that she's sexy. I think I am sexy.
Rani Mukherjee, actress, in G