India Today: Voices

India Today
February 23, 1998

Sonia is like an untested missile or a sealed envelope -- nobody knows what's written inside the envelope.
Pramod Mahajan, BJP general secretary, in Savvy

The UCPI is supporting the Congress because in 1920 Lenin asked the communists to support Gandhi as he was an anti-imperialist.
Mohit Sen, UCPI general secretary, in Chennai

Gandhiji had wanted to wind up the Congress after Independence. Now Kesri is fulfilling the wish.
L.K. Advani, BJP president, at a rally in Amethi

It's a party of retired persons. All those who have lost their vitality have taken refuge in the BJP.
Laloo Prasad Yadav, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief

People who have washed their sins in the (VDIS) scheme should not sin again.
N.K. Singh, revenue secretary, in Business Today

Cricket is a job. Motivation comes automatically.
Saurav Ganguly, cricketer

My life's greatest ambition was to become a nun. But look at me today.
Tabu, in Filmfare