India Today: Voices

India Today
April 27, 1998

The party should guide the Government and not vice-versa. Otherwise it will degenerate like the Congress.
A B Vajpayee, Prime Minister

We were in power for almost 43 years, and absolute power has a tendency to corrupt.
A K Antony, senior Congress leader, in The Sunday Observer

The party will identify the problems of the people, the Government will solve them.
Kushabhau Thakre, the newly-elected BJP president, on his party's agenda

I do not have to defend the indefensible.
Soli Sorabjee, Attorney-General, stating that he would not appear for the Government if it were to act contrary to his advice, in The Statesman

Their job is to put pressure, but our job is not to buckle.
Yashwant Sinha, Finance Minister, on the World Bank

I demand only what I feel I am worth.
Baichung Bhutia, one of India's highest-paid footballers, in The Sunday Observer

Most of today's filmmakers are businessmen.
Jaya Bachchan, actress, in The Asian Age