Pervez Musharraf in International Herald Tribune Those who are inside Lal Masjid should surrender, otherwise they will get killed,Musharraf told reporters in his first public statement on the siege.
Rahul Gandhi in Mangalorean.com Babri Masjid (destruction) would not have happened had any Gandhi family member been there,Rahul Gandhi told reporters while sharing his home-made lunch at a roadside 'dhaba' between Khatauli and Muzaffarnagar in western Uttar Pradesh.
Allama Iqbal in Reuters India Despite unprovoked firing by the students of Lal Masjid, the government still wants to settle the issue through dialogue,Deputy Interior Minister Zafar Iqbal Warraich told state-run Pakistan Television.