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	April 24, 2000

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"It is necessary to talk to Hurriyat leaders who are the cause of the Kashmir problem ... After all we are talking to our own people."
George Fernandes, defence minister, in an interview with PTI

"He is politically unemployed. Ignored in his own state, he now wants to play a role in Bihar politics."
Nitish Kumar, Samata Party leader, on former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda who met Laloo Prasad Yadav in the Beur Jail

"People keep telling me to go to my brother in the US to get all my problems solved. But why should I? This village is my home."
Mohini Gupta, one of the oldest members of the Women's Development Programme, who tied a rakhi on US President Bill Clinton's wrist during his visit to Nayla village in Rajasthan

"I am in the latter stages of my career. To play 11 sets in three days wears my body."
Leander Paes, tennis player, after the Davis Cup victory over South Korea in Delhi

"Why ask Rabri to resign? Advani and Joshi have also been chargesheeted. Let them first quit."
Sonia Gandhi, Congress President

"After being chargesheeted, Rabri has no moral right to continue as chief minister."
Shiela Dixit, Delhi Chief Minister

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