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Former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar
WHAT HE SAID:``The Third Front is made up of dealers not leaders. That is why they are seeking desperate alliances.''
WHAT HE DID NOT ADD: ``Absolutely, like the one with me.''
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Union Welfare Minister Maneka Gandhi
WHAT SHE SAID: ``Those who want industrialisation are enemies of the state.''
WHAT SHE DID NOT ADD: ``And those who want radical environmentalism are enemas of the state.''
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Union Food and Civil Supplies Minister Surjit Singh Barnala on his party, the Shiromani Akali Dal, severely criticising the recent hike in prices of essential commodities available through the public distribution system and his own public support of the move.
WHAT HE SAID: ``There is one thing to be said inside, quite another outside.''
WHAT HE DID NOT ADD: ``After all, we have been allies of the BJP long enough to have mastered the art of doublespeak.''
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Member, Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia
WHAT HE SAID: ``There is room for a certain amount of subsidy in all sectors. However, to be effective, this has to be targeted correctly. Unfortunately, far too large a chunk of subsidy is not.''
WHAT HE DID NOT ADD: ``Yes, the huge chunk subsidising our political leadership and the coffers of their parties.
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Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee
WHAT HE SAID: ``I do not think I am helpless as Prime Minister.''
WHAT HE DID NOT ADD: ``I do not think, therefore I am not … helpless.''
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Union Home Minister L K Advani
WHAT SHE SAID: ``I would like to go to Karachi.''
WHAT HE DID NOT ADD: ``Right after I get my lobotomy.''
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Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Manohar Joshi who was recently ousted from the post by Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray
WHAT HE SAID: ``I had told him he could use it at will. For me, remote control was a blessing.''
WHAT HE DID NOT ADD: ``Which politician likes to think for himself?''
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Madhuri Dixit
WHAT SHE SAID: ``Whenever I enter a temple, I go blank.''
WHAT SHE DID NOT ADD: ``That, of course, is a normal state of being for me. But at least there I can blame it on God.''
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