'It is because of the bravery of Colonel Santosh Babu and his men that we have not seen a violent escalation anywhere else along the LAC.'
'If one crore is sanctioned to make a road, they spend only Rs 40 lakhs and the remaining 60 lakhs is looted by the politician, bureaucrats and the contractor.'
'Both of us are not politicians. We were forced to enter politics to counter corruption that is looting the country.'
'It conveys the impression that there is not enough talent available among the serving officers.' 'That does not reflect well on the professionalism of officer corps.'
'Being a serving officer or wearing a uniform does not make an officer more competent than one who has retired.'
'The people of Jammu and Kashmir are your own people. Do not use them as cannon fodder in your laboratory.'
'If things don't work on the ground and they continue moving at this pace, it will vanish.'
'Congress leaders don't believe in themselves and in the potential of the party.' 'Unless they have faith in themselves, only then will the public have faith in them.'
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'China would want to take a tougher stance against India forming those strategic partnerships and prevent Quad from becoming a military alliance.'
'China doesn't want to settle the boundary dispute because that gives them a reason to pick a fight with India.'
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'India has given assistance that we required, otherwise we would not have been able to survive this far.'
'The Rajapaksas have been in active politics for decades and survived many challenges, but they seem to have misread this one.'
'Transformation of Ukraine into some kind of permanent strategic challenger, which Russia would have to contain and deter, spend a significant part of political and strategic resources on it.'
'As long as we have such partners, Russia cannot be isolated.'
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'There is no such thing as ultimate survivability.'
'It's all comparative -- who outperforms, who uses tactics, who optimises technology to the best is what makes the difference.'
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