"Our Government's top priority is to fully protect the minorities wherever they are. To accord protection to the minorities is a Constitutional duty of the Centre and the State Governments, regardless of which party is in power."

(I) would request Home Minister L.K. Advani to hold talks with the chief ministers of the States concerned to prevent recurrence of such trends.

(I endorse) Mr. Scindia's proposal for a meeting of the National Integration Council to evolve a political consensus against "fanatics on all sides". (I) would convey (his) suggestion to the Prime Minister.' (Source: The Hindustan Times, 25 April, 2000)