'We are worried for the workers because in the private sector, jobs are not secure, there is no decent work condition and there is no social security.' 'That's why we are opposing the economic policies of this government.'
'This setback is only transient, and this too shall pass.'
'The finance minister said, the MSME is the backbone of the economy. My question is, what have you done for the sector?'
'One of the advantages is that students need not take many entrance examinations.'
'Such a struggle at Kalakshetra is unprecedented.'
'India's manufacturing will take 10-15 years to catch up with China.'
'We continue to believe that the global economy will narrowly avoid a recession, despite expecting the US, Canada, and most of Europe to fall into recession at some point over the next year or so.'
'A delay of two years has happened, but stretching it to 2024 is a bit too far.' 'And we do not know about 2024 also.'
'RBI is already late in addressing inflation pressures.'
'India's output contraction in the previous year was among the worst in the world!'
'It encourages a shadow industry, the coaching industry.' 'Only those students who have the resources to go for coaching, benefit.'
'He will go to any extent, and he will have the full support of the Union government as they may not like a Left government to continue here.'
'The prime minister in a way defeated the ill-designs of separatist forces.'
'My parents were there to see me enrol as a lawyer. From afar itself, I could see tears in their eyes.' 'Three days after, I appeared in court for my first case, and my father was there to see me. He had tears in his eyes.' 'And even before I completed two months as an advocate, I won a case!'
'In a secular society where women are treated equally by law, I want the same equal status for my daughters in society, on par with all the boys.'
'We have to think of the repercussions if public sector banks are privatised and if they go to foreign hands.'
'I am not in favour of the hijab myself.' 'I personally think it wrong to make women shut themselves out of the world, where there is so much to see.' 'But I can't dictate to others about what they should wear.'
'Whatever is left of all institutions will also go away.'
'In India, the establishment not only endorses, but many a times instigates anti-Muslim hatred.'
'Since the Covid virus has a tendency to mutate, we can continue to expect new variants of the virus to emerge and keep circulating and recirculating in the communities.'
'It did not vote against America, or for Russia.' 'If we had voted for the American motion, it would have spoilt our relationship with Russia without any change in Russia's behaviour.'
'Since the party is at a stage when things are very bad, this is the best time to experiment.'
'The China opportunity, the digital opportunity and the end of geography opportunity are the three pieces of luck India got due to Covid.'
'Has the Supreme Court ever said that the Preamble is the basic structure of the Constitution?'
'This obsession with 'one' is not good for a country like India.'
'They have been pursuing their agenda of bulldozing everything and everybody on their way.' 'They suddenly see Rahul Gandhi standing in front of them without fear and fighting against them aggressively.' 'He doesn't show any compromise in his attitude towards fascism.'
'Nobody is talking about the inequality that is going to come.'
'If you look at the entire 60-day period of March and April, you see that temperatures were soaring more than 3.5 degrees Celsius above the maximum temperature.' 'Normally, events like this happen only for a short period.'
'When they completely surrender to the BJP or the BJP has completely taken over the party, what's the point in the AIADMK surviving and doing business in the state?'
'Yesterday, I was at a seed meeting where we gave outright grants up to Rs 20 lakhs or loans up to Rs 50 lakhs for new start-ups under 2 years.'
'...for at least 6 months and give them peace of mind to get back on their feet.' 'Entrepreneurs are suffocating and not able to run their companies peacefully.'
'When I said the Gandhi family had to step aside, it was because we have consistently seen that the public has not accepted them.'
'They are also sitting on huge public sector assets without many returns.'
'Unfortunately, our political class is not interested in making this society equal. They just want to exploit the situation for their own benefit.'
'It will impact the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.'
'This plan is basically to allow some of the government assets for rent, and surely not for sale.' 'There is a difference between selling a house and renting out a house.'
'There was hardly any recruitment after the second wave.' 'Now, there is a huge demand for manpower.'
'Strategy is to divide and polarise electorate on communal lines.'
'People should realise that what we are fighting for today is actually for tomorrow, for future generations.'
'What the RBI is doing is trying to catch the mouse when they have to catch the tiger.'
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