Barks & Bites

Farooq Abdullah, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister

‘‘It’s a two-way street. You (Pakistan) can’t preach restraint and then have events like these which will ensure that our restraint won’t last long.’’

Omar Abdullah, MoS, External Affairs, holding Pakistan responsible for the attack

‘‘Is the state and the Central government doing it’s duty? I’m sorry to say, no. ’’

Ghulam Nabi Azad, Congress

‘‘We were going from Kangra to Jammu. Three terrorists came to the bus and started firing. My wife was killed in front of my eyes.’’

A survivor

ZEE NEWS

‘‘People do presume. When Musharraf came or when Bush had come a similar incident had happened. So people presumably feel that some such actions are undertaken by the terrorists.’’

I.S. Swami, MoS for Home

‘‘The type of ammunition they used for firing is AK-47 rounds. We also recovered eatables made in Pakistan such as chocolates and milk.’’

Major General Mohan Pande, Tiger division, Jammu

BBC NEWS

‘‘It’s (the attack) a part of the indigenous freedom struggle. India should learn to solve it’s own problems and not thrust the blame on us.’’

Nisar Memon, Pakistan’s Information Minister

‘‘A belligerent reaction from Delhi, perhaps understandably so.’’

TV anchor, responding to India’s reaction that its policy of restrain t was being tested

— COMPILED BY DIVYA SRIVASTAVA