Why should I want to split a party I hold so dear? The weakening of the Congress would be a disaster for the nation...As a loyal Congressman, I hold this in great importance and would not like to jeopardise the future of the country.PRANAB MUKHERJEEin The Illustrated Weekly of IndiaThe difference (between the Congress(I) working president and vice-president) is that when the working president goes to a state on a visit, he has to arrange his own transport, whereas in the case of the vice-president the entire cabinet has to be present at the airport to receive him.KAMALAPATI TRIPATHIquoted in The Week"The result of the so-called "conducted opinion poll" must have inflated his (Pranab Mukherjee's) greedy ego like a frog in the well, leading him to the stupid extent of believing that he is the alternative to Mr Rajiv Gandhi."GHANI KHAN CHOWDHURYin The Telegraph"A pittance is paid to poor divorced women and the mullahs say Islam is in danger."Hashmin ABDUL HALIM,speaker, West Bengal Assembly, quoted in The Statesman"The Islamic Bill is inhuman, un-Islamic and will lead the Muslims to pre-lslamic era when they were considered to be animals, chattels and private property of men."ARIF MOHAMMED KHANin Patriot."You should have seen the FICCI elections to believe it. People used to come in truckloads with proxy forms and lists of people for whom they should vote."RAMU PANDIT,secretary-general of the IMC, in Bombay"It is a privilege to be a friend of the prime minister. But I don't think Rajiv or any member of his family would influence my business."OTTAVIO QUATROCHI,Italian businessman, in Onlooker"Lady, we are playing cricket in Pakistan and all will be well if you follow the rules. But if you move to hockey, that is a rougher business and we shall have to change our game too."ZIA-UL-HAQ,Pakistan President, in a message to Benazir Bhutto"Losing the match at Sharjah has been the greatest disappointment of my career. Our boys played so-well; we didn't go wrong anywhere. But I suppose someone has to lose."KAPIL DEVin The Sunday Observer"I will never do such revealing scenes (as in Ram Teri Ganga Maili) for any producer or director again. Those scenes have given me enough trouble to last me a lifetime."MANDAKINIquoted in SundayPublished By: AtMigration Published On: May 31, 1986--- ENDS ---
