'As a police officer, I had gone on deputation to the prison department; on both occasions (the hanging of Ajmal Kasab and Yakub Memon), the government said that I should remain present.' 'I was not mentally prepared for these sensitive operations and had to work on myself to lead the teams.'
'For no other leader of India do so many people turn up for an event every year without invitation.'
'I was never why I was denied a ticket to contest the assembly elections.'
'The war has been on for four weeks; the bombings are still on. I can hear it in my house.'
'If we don't control the additional pollutants that come from various human activities then, the pollution level will not come down.'
'It is now the government's duty to find a way out of this impasse without hurting interests of any sections of Maharashtrian people.'
'99.6 per cent is occupied by Arab countries in the Middle East; Israel occupies just 0.4 per cent of the entire Middle East.' 'That 0.4 per cent is also a big issue for them.'
'It could backfire on the BJP and boost the Opposition parties.'
'The upper caste elite's belief that they are casteless is a belief that is available only to the upper castes. Because all the lower castes are reminded by society every day what their caste is.'
'In the next one-and-a-half, two months you'll get decent amount of opportunities in the mid-cap and small-cap sector at lower levels.'
'By making it so public in the House of Commons, you know the reaction in India... Mr Modi is not very happy about it; you're kicking out Canadian diplomats; you suspended visa services for Canadians...'
'The Americans want to have a good relationship with India. They see it as a counterweight to China. And also American businesses are all trying to get out of China and go to India and Vietnam as well, but India largely.'
'We can't leave this to Parliament; we are sure they (MPs) are not going to sensitise anybody.'
'We have a video that Hamas posed where his hands and neck were tied.'
'Given the current dispensation, I have no hope for the legislature passing a law in favour of the LGBTQ community.'
'This decision to go with the BJP is Kumaraswamy's individual decision and not a party decision.'
'The State does not accept our rights, what more can I say about this judgment?'
'This government has done positive things, we got the Transgender Persons (protection of rights) Act under this government. Dheere-dheere hota hai.'
'Israelis not only harassed Palestine Muslims, but also Christians.' 'Palestinians have been telling Israel that this will blow up the situation, but they would not listen to us.'
'If Israel had stuck to the peace accords, Hamas would have had no one to fight.'
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