India Today: Voices

India Today
February 16, 1998

The BJP is now seen either as khalnayaks (villains) or mahanayaks (super heroes).
L K Advani, BJP president

You have to decide between a government that unites and rules and one that divides and rules.
Sonia Gandhi, addressing an election rally at Guntur

If the United Front comes to power, I can very well be the prime minister.
Farooq Abdullah, Jammu & Kashmir chief minister

If Deve Gowda is a son of the soil, I am granny to all such sons.
Susheela Shivappa, BJP candidate from Hassan

Because one person -- Sitaram Kesri -- thought India needed a poll, it is going to cost us Rs 750 crore.
Pramod Mahajan, BJP general secretary

Leaders must retire. I too want to retire. Maybe God will retire me soon forever.
Devi Lal, the 86-year-old Haryana Lok Dal (R) candidate, in The Indian Express.

Caste, community no bar. I wouldn't mind marrying Amar, Akbar or Anthony if it came to that.
Madhuri Dixit, actress in Filmfare