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March 01, 2003



'The biggest challenge is to raise the standard of living'
'Unemployment is one of our biggest problems. Unemployment has led to frustration, forcing youth to take up arms,' says Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar.



February 24 , 2003



'Himachalis will defeat the BJP'
'During BJP rule, corruption has entered almost all aspects of governmental functioning,' says former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadara Singh.



February 22 , 2003



'Congress has become an anti-national party'
'The so-called national party has aligned with the overground front of a militant group,' says Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar.



February 20 , 2003



'Sangma will be wiped out of Meghalaya'
'I saved Sangma and the NCP from extinction,' says Flinder Anderson Khonglam, outgoing chief minister of Meghalaya.




February 14, 2003



'Nobody can deny Sukh Ram is a factor'
'No one will be allowed to stand in the way of the BJP wave,' says Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal.





February 13, 2003



'Himachal will be our quarter-finals'
'If we win, the semi-finals will be in Rajasthan, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh,' says BJP President Venkaiah Naidu.





January 28, 2003



'People are sick and tired of the BJP'
'I foresee a Kashmir-like situation in Himachal where we could play a pivotal role in the formation of the new government,' says Himachal Vikas Congress chief Sukh Ram.





January 23, 2002



'NSCN leaders may have to come for another round of talks'
'The fact that NSCN leaders are here in India for talks is a very positive development,' says Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga.





January 22, 2002



'Hindutva will not work in Himachal Pradesh'
'The situation in our state is very different from the one that prevailed in Gujarat,' says former chief minister Shanta Kumar





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