India Today: Voices

India Today
June 15, 1998

Nobody buys a kilo of urea, they buy it in 50-kg bags.
Rajesh Pilot, Congress leader, on the hike in urea prices envisaged in the Union budget, in The Indian Express

Garlands around the politicians will soon turn into bloody nooses once the people don't get enough to eat.
Lt-General (Retd) V.R. Raghavan, former director-general, Military Operations, on the fallout of the nuclear tests, in The Hindustan Times

Had the RSS wanted a Hindu Rashtra, they wouldn't have opposed the Partition.
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, minister of state for information and broadcasting, in The Times of India

There are restless babies in the paediatrics ward.
Dalit Ezhilmalai, minister of state for health and family welfare, on the effect of frequent power cuts on Delhi's hospitals, in The Hindustan Times

God alone can help us if the defence minister's statement about induction of weapons is correct.
I K Gujral, former prime minister

I am happy that no one got hurt or suffered a sunstroke.
Mohammed Azharuddin, Indian cricket captain, on the hot and humid conditions during the Coca-Cola Cup series

Love is the most beautiful thing in the world but it's extremely difficult to get.
Bobby Deol, actor, in Cine Blitz