I would like this house to join me in paying fulsome tribute to our scientists, engineers and defence personnel whose singular achievements have given us a renewed sense of national pride and self confidence.

Extract from Suo Motto statement made in the Parliament, after India's underground nuclear tests conducted on 11 May 1998.Sujata K. Dass (1 January 2004). Atal Bihari Vajpayee: Prime Minister of India. Gyan Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-7835-277-0.