Rising prices during the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government have taken the grip on nation, with common people the worst sufferers.

- L. K. Advani

"I feel so bad that tourism, which is the mainstay of the Kashmir valley, has been cut off totally. This year the valley saw a fabulous season, which also meant a lot of employment for the people. Every citizen should do his or her bit to calm the pent up tension."

- Ambika Soni

"The alibi being put forward is that Amarnath is a Hindu shrine and Hindus of Jammu feel hurt. If Kashmiris have hurt the sentiments of Hindus - why are Hindus across the world not agitating? Is Hinduism confined to Jammu only?"

- Sajjad Lone

"Advani, powered by other Hindu extremists in the Sangh Parivar, wants to be the next prime minister of India and he is exploiting the situation to come to power by giving a communal tone to the Amarnath land row."

- Yasin Malik

"Amarnath land dispute and Ram Setu are not political matters and BJP will not make them political issues in the coming elections in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan."

- Ravi Shankar Prasad

"I had warned India and Pakistan that the anger in Kashmiris has not died. It was hidden there and now it has erupted like a volcano."

- Yasin Malik

"Allow ethnic reorganisation of the state and confine the disputed area to one area where ethnic homogeneity is high. Open up the Muzaffarabad route for civilized traffic, i.e., flow of goods, services and people."

- Sajjad Lone

"The Congress-led UPA is involved in talking lightly of Hindu religion, whether it is Lord Rama or Ram Setu. But we are asking those people, do they have guts to talk in the same fashion against other religion or their Gods."

- Ravi Shankar Prasad