From the archive record
"Basically, everyone had heard that in Assam accord has been discussed but I know S B Chauhan the Home Minister know nothing about it. I was Power Minister at that stage and I remember Rajiv Gandhi rang me up 2:00 am and why don't you come and have a coffee we gonna sign the accord so I mean simply is that. It was actually the Rajesh Pilot who negotiated the whole thing to the students and even at that stage we told them, I said this is a suicide, we will lose the elections, I was more concerned with the political fall ends. This is what happened in Punjab, we told them what the use of signing for your personal popularity if the party is going to lose out. the leader of the party can not be treated as the separate unit..." This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wild