'The main problem the country faces is not low GDP growth, but low employment growth.'
'What struck me at the time was simply the scale of it -- that something of this magnitude could be unfolding inside the Ram temple itself.' 'It was bewildering. And what troubled me further was the manner in which people were shielding it.'
'It's very important for India to retain its sovereignty. India should not sign any agreement which compromises its sovereignty.'
'We ourselves hadn't heard it initially. Many people called us. The entire village was overjoyed.'
'They talked bad about our leaders. They said India was a dead economy. They were not sensitive to the Indian psyche.'
'...because that protects their aviation industry.' 'The Boeing 787 is one of the most widely-flown wide-body aircraft in the world, and Airbus is running neck-and-neck with Boeing.' 'Airbus is not going to let an opportunity like this pass.' 'If a software problem with the 787 is confirmed, they will use it to increase their own orders.'
'A lot of people feel there is pressure on the AAIB not to go against Boeing or GE -- both enormous American companies.' 'If the AAIB implicates Boeing or GE, it will impact their sales.' 'If their sales are impacted, jobs are lost in the United States. No government would willingly do that.'
'Can you believe there are over 26,500 deaths linked to heatwave-driven ozone in 2024?'
'It will take a long time to recover from the impact of this war.'
'We thought everything will be back to normal within one month. Now it's four months and still a final solution is miles away.'
'You will have the President's rule for 7 to 8 months, And Annamalai will be the hero in those 7 months.'
'The generational shift belongs to Vijay, Udhayanidhi and Annamalai.' 'The BJP cannot fit into the shift.' 'So they threw Annamalai into the situation where he is comparable with Vijay and Udhayanidhi.'
'You empower a man, you are not necessarily empowering a family, you are just empowering him.'
'Something could happen to me... I understood that day itself that what they had sent me was a final warning.'
'You think it is written somewhere that she will not? She might escape for two months, perhaps a little longer. But she will go.'
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'It's a bit uncertain. Let's see what happens. But he is the top man of Assam, and since my politics is in Assam, I thought it's best to seek his guidance before I take any decision.'
'Those who have drained Mamata Banerjee's blood -- they are the ones calling us traitors.'
'Once the numbers come out, they fear that the OBCs would start to demand, and articulate what they are lacking, why they are lacking and what should be done to go forward.'
'Delimitation is scheduled for 2028. No matter how much the BJP currently depends on the Shinde Sena or NCP factions, it may not need them after delimitation.'
