This is not an Interim Budget; this is not even an Internment Budget; Sir, this is an internment budget -- for burial. And the only good thing about it is that it is the last Budget of this government, and I am very sorry that this is being given by

BY Arun Shourie 24 February 2009

'...both the economy and governmental finances,' charges the BJP. ' The Aam Admi has suffered like never before on account of unbridled price-rise of essential commodities which even today continue to rise in double digits, loss of livelihood, econom

BY Yashwant Sinha 15 February 2009

'Not an eye-for-an-eye, not atooth-for-a-tooth. That is completely wrong. For an eye, both eyes! For a tooth,the whole jaw! Unless India has that determination and that clarity, we willcontinue to bleed like this all the time.'

BY Arun Shourie 11 December 2008

'The BJP is of the clear view that this Agreement is an assault on our nuclear sovereignty and our foreign policy options. We are, therefore, unable to accept this Agreement as finalised.'

BY Yashwant Sinha 3 August 2007

Extracts from the Disinvestment Minister's Cariappa Memorial Lecture 2002, delivered in New Delhi on 26 October, arguing that a "country that has ''atomic weapons'' but can't manage its finances will only be ''squeezed into submission''

BY Arun Shourie 6 November 2002