CURRENT ISSUE JUNE 14, 2004  
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THE BUZZ OF THE WEEK
Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal has embarrassed the Government by saying the Tehelka tapes are genuine. The forensic report on the tapes is in a sealed envelope with the designated judge.
 
VOICES
"The prime minister's office is not a shopping mall where you go and place orders for merchandise."
Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, West Bengal chief minister
 
"We are not bonded labourers. If they want our support they must learn to respect us."
Amar Singh, Samajwadi Party general secretary, on the UPA-led Government
 
"The alliance was formed for the polls. Polls are over. You know better."
M. Venkaiah Naidu, BJP president, about the future of the party's tie-up
with AIADMK in Tamil Nadu
 
"The Left will have to find the right mixture between noise which is cacophony and sound which is substance, which serves their cadres and doesn't destabilise the coalition."
Amit Mitra, FICCI secretary-general
 
"Money doesn't mean anything. I am merely the trustee of wealth."
Azim Premji, Wipro chairman
 
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