'We have to change the Dravidian influence on the people.'
'We cannot accept that this incident was not in the knowledge of the home ministry.' 'If they had no knowledge about this incident, then it is a big intelligence failure as the Union home ministry has no idea what is going on in Manipur and what the state police is doing.'
'UCC should be across India and legally applicable to every Indian citizen.'
'A very large part of this would have come from opium.'
'People tell us openly that in 2024 we will vote for Modi.'
'I have never seen a common man tapping a chief minister on the shoulder and giving him his petition, like needing money for a child admitted in a hospital.'
'I did get a couple of offers (in Hindi cinema) but the roles required a doll-like heroine, a glamorous role. I was getting challenging roles in the South and so I stayed here.'
'The buildings all around had caved in or were damaged. The trees were all uprooted. Things were very scary.'
My grandfather Ashok Kumar made me sack my secretary as he thought she was a bad influence in my life.'
'You should enjoy acting; you should have a passion for it. Only then should you go for it.'
'Our party's stand has always been that the minorities must be protected.' 'It is not appeasement.'
"It is a matter of self-respect and dignity to live in Indra Nagar rather than in a street that identifies your caste.'
'In the beginning, I used to get scared, but now I have been dancing in the ladies compartment for more than a decade.'
'Ajit Pawar's speech leaves no room for reconciliation.'
'If they don't make Ajit Pawar chief minister, what can he do?'
'They want to win 45 out of 48 seats in Maharashtra in the 2024 general elections and joining hands with Ajit Pawar is in that direction.'
'The cousins do not have a good rapport with each other in politics, though they may be having a good rapport with each other in family life.'
Did the fear of central agencies probing scams involving NCP leaders that forced these politicians to jump ship?
'We have to make people aware that the Constitution belongs to us.' 'We are the people who decide who will govern on our behalf.'
Unofficially though, it is claimed that Ajit Pawar has the support of 29 MLAs, and the number could add up within two days.
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