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• 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