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I don't want your blood. I want your vote. Give me votes.
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray

A lady who cannot even pronounce the name of our great leaders properly has no moral right to keep her feet on the soil of Maharashtra.
Bal Thackeray on Sonia Gandhi

Who says a Ram Mandir cannot be a national monument? After all, is the Taj Mahal not a national monument?
BJP leader Pramod Mahajan

We are told the Congress was founded by friends of the British in Calcutta. The party, in the golden jubilee year of our Independence, has come a full circle. I am simply appealing to our countrymen to be vigilant.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu

It is unfortunate that a lot of our leaders are above 75 years of age, whereas two thirds of the voting population is less than 45 years of age, and as a result our leaders are not in tune with their thinking (the youth).
Congress Rajya Sabha member Margaret Alva

I think I have served this nation in one capacity and it is much better to leave a legacy than to look for a job.
Prime Minister I K Gujral

Today, I pledge to soothe you.
Omar Farooq, candidate for the Srinagar seat and son of J & K Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah

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