Voices

India Today, May 17, 1999
May 17, 1999

It is advantage BJP ... the Opposition has no face to show and no issues to offer."
M. Venkaiah Naidu, BJP spokesman, on the pre-poll scenario

"It will be a battle to end all battles, a fight the BJP cannot win."
Laloo Prasad Yadav, RJD chief, on the forthcoming Lok Sabha poll

"We'll never support Hindutva ... but is it not good if we can douse such feelings by going with the BJP?"
M. Karunanidhi, Tamil Nadu chief minister on the prospects of a DMK-BJP alliance

"The President stood like a historic light-house amid the sea of political turmoil."
Ram Jethmalani, Union urban affairs minister

"Last time they said they'd learnt their lesson and what happens ... We have to pay for our politicians' ways."
Rahul Bajaj, industrialist and new CII president, on politicians ushering in frequent elections, in The Indian Express

"I want to be the ruler of India."
Kanshi Ram, BSP president

"We are geared up for the World Cup ... the tournament in Sharjah was just a bad dream."
Mohammed Azharuddin, Indian cricket captain, in The Sportstar

"Marrying me off has become a national issue."
Madhuri Dixit, actress, in The Statesman