'The second Covid wave spread due to the irresponsibility of the Election Commission of India and now they are committing the same mistake.'
'People of my constituency told me they will continue loving me, but will not vote for me if I am with the BJP.'
'Security should be outside the court and not inside.'
'People are questioning these highways and expressways in UP because ultimately, they want to get bread and butter first.'
'Today in Uttar Pradesh all big parties like Samajwadi Party, BJP or even Bahujan Samaj Party are out to woo smaller parties as they know the Hindu votes are getting divided.'
'The PM says he believes in discussion and debate, then why are discussions and debates not being allowed in Parliament?'
'Today, we being the majority pass a law and if the Opposition parties do not like it, they throw files at the Chair, and beat up women marshals.'
'There is a famous saying here that 'the way to Delhi passes through Lucknow'.' 'If the BJP loses UP in 2022, Modi's premiership in 2024 will be in doldrums.'
'During Congress rule, the government used to get both the fishermen and the boats released whenever the Sri Lankan navy apprehended them.' 'Under BJP rule, only the fishermen are being released.'
'We feel that till the time statehood is not restored power sector should not be touched in J-K.'
'Tambrahms do not demand or take dowry. UP and Bihar Brahmin girls can marry here without dowry.'
'People are saying Mayawati has an understanding with the BJP.' 'They are calling us the BJP's 'B' team which I did not like.'
Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com tracks Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi's project-launching spree with just about three months to go for the assembly election in India's most populous state.
'Everyone was talking about migrants, frontline workers and cops...' 'Nobody was talking about sex workers during the pandemic.'
'Look at the aggressive way in which a campaign against Friday namaz is going on in North Indian cities.' 'Even the Union home minister is part of this vicious campaign.'
'Although Narendra Modi had no direct participation in the Ayodhya agitation, he would not have been in the dominant position he is now had it not been for the Ram Janambhoomi agitation.'
'Second-class citizenship would have been meaningless to a Hindu in the Mughal empire.'
'They don't tell us what they take from customers. They don't tell customers what they give us.'
'If there is effective prosecution, only then we will get justice, but first let them (NIA) run the case honestly in court.'
'The Galwan crisis involves the security of the nation, can't we spend eight hours on that?' 'Why are you scared? Why are you running away from that?
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