Forget lunch, I haven't spoken to Natwar in seven years, says Amarinder Singh

You didn't know 30 years ago that she's an Italian? These are cheap, petty things

On lunch at the Oberoi with Natwar

I haven't spoken to him in seven years. I only speak to my sister (Natwar's wife). She rang me up that day and asked me to have lunch with her. We finished lunch and as we were leaving, Diggy (Digvijaya) came in with his children and in a jocular fashion asked, 'Rani Sahiba, when is the book being published?' She said it's up to the publishers.

On Rahul Gandhi

It so happened that Rahul came at this time to lead the party and people started blaming him. This was his first opportunity. I'm sure in due course, he'll be decisive.

Operation Brasstacks

I did glance through the book and there were things that interested me like Operation Brasstacks (extensive military exercises along the Indo-Pak border in 1986). Saying that the prime minister (Rajiv Gandhi) was unaware of it is an absolutely childish statement.

On the IPKF

There's no way the prime minister was going to commit himself without following due procedure.

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