India Today: Voices

India Today
May 18, 1998

It has been a period of much pain.
L K Advani, home minister, on the BJP Government's first month in office, at the party's National Council in Gandhinagar

If I fail, I will not seek a ticket for the next 10 years or hold any office.
Digvijay Singh, Madhya Pradesh chief minister, promising to ensure the Congress' victory in the assembly polls, in The Telegraph

Jansher Khan wants to train our squash players while his government is busy training terrorists in Kashmir.
Uddhav Thackeray, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's son, on his party's opposition to Pakistani players and artistes, in The Times of India

I'll be ensconsed in this seat as long as Balasaheb wants me here.
Manohar Joshi, chief minister of Maharashtra, scotching rumours about his sacking

I don't practise politics sitting in air-conditioned rooms. I go and interact with people.
G K Moopanar, TMC chief, joining issue with a Tamil Nadu minister on the state's power situation

The Rs 1 lakh is like waste paper for me!
Mariam Rasheeda, the Maldivian national exonerated by the Supreme Court in the ISRO spying case, on the compensation awarded to her