• Laloo Prasad (Railways): Those who can pay more or travel on company account don’t have to use the railway. They can fly… One priority will be to take trains to regions where people have never seen them
• Shivraj Patil (Home): We have to see when they (Hurriyat leaders) want to talk. We have to study what has been achieved in the two rounds of dialogue, what remains to be done
• Pranab Mukherjee (Defence): If specific charges come up regarding Defence deals concluded by the BJP-led government, these would be looked into
• Natwar Singh (MEA): Dialogue for friendship with Pak will be intensified, differences will be ironed out through negotiations. We will strengthen, widen and deepen relations with Pakistan
• Arjun Singh (HRD): I will have to understand the rationale behind the (IIM) fee cuts
• Jaipal Reddy (I&B): I’m a liberal, not a libertine. Moral policing is not the job of the government. Family elders, educational institutions should decide what is appropriate viewing