'Two years ago I told Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi that we have traitors in the Congress.'
'Mamata Didi is the only politician who can take on the might of Modi.'
'A country cannot be run on lines that everyone should be in agreement and those who disagree should be silenced.' 'If this is how they look at democracy, then I can only wish good luck to the future of parliamentary democracy in India.'
'The decline of the Congress party and its inability to play the lead role in Opposition politics has created a space for the TMC to expand.'
'IIT-Bombay is the most preferred institute for education in technology.' 'The environment is very good and I will be a good student and a better asset for the nation.'
Satyamev Jayate 2 has a dated, circa 1990s script which won't find acceptance with today's generations, observes Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'We don't trust the prime minister's words on repealing the laws because he had promised us that he will implement the Swaminathan Commission report, but he never did.'
'Only then will we withdraw the agitation.'
'Punjab elections are there and so are UP elections. They must have done some calculations (before announcing the repeal).'
'Had these three farm laws existed it would have become a huge election issue.'
Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf does a comparative analysis of suicide numbers released by the NCRB. Data: Hemantkumar Shivsaran/Rediff.com.
'They might not have liked his judgments on IT rules, the Election Commission and Pondicherry.'
'The Maoists have weakened considerably in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh after Milind Teltumbde's death.'
Rahul Gandhi treated teachers from Kanyakumari to a 'special Delhi dinner' and won their hearts.
'Everyone knows Pakistan is doing it.' 'But what are we doing? We should not incite more violence.'
'The government is plucking leaves and not destroying the plant.'
'The violence in Bangladesh has been used as an excuse to start violence by communal political fanatics.'
On his first visit to Srinagar post the abrogation of Article 370, Home Minister Amit Shah claimed that incidents of terrorism have declined and stone-throwing incidents too have ended in Jammu-Kashmir.