• Mani Shankar Aiyar : The inner voice of people says you should become the PM. Please don’t leave us. Please continue to lead us. None in this hall other than you deserve to occupy the prime ministership.• Comparing Sonia’s hesitation to that of Arjuna in Mahabharata, Ram Jethmalani said: No other leader in Congress can even remotely claim it. You cannot defy that mandate and jettison your democratic religion.• Arjun Singh: Forces of darkness exist today as they did in 1948 when Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated.The nation is at the cross roads of history and an opportunity had come for defeating Fascist forces once and for all.• Renuka Choudhury: Selfish Congressmen had used you when they were in trouble. But you protected every Congressman of the country. Now when we are strong, you and only you should lead us.• Kapil Sibal: Our faith is only with you. It is not an issue of becoming the Prime Minister. Prime Ministers come and go. But you have thought of people. And there is nobody in this hall entitled to be the Prime Minister.• Sachin Pilot: As the youngest member of Congress, I expect you to lead us. You refused in 1991 which shows you don’t have any greed for power. Even Vajpayee couldn’t get over his lust for power and became PM for 13 days.• Govinda: In your leadership, we see motherly affection and I request to you as your child to please lead the country.• Navin Jindal: You are the one who has given chance to many a youth.
