'Modi should arrest Anurag Thakur, Kapil Mishra and Parvesh Sharma.' 'These leaders were instigating mobs and spreading hatred and they must be thrown in jail.' 'I had seen dreams of a new India under Modi, but now I am disillusioned with him.'
On November 7, which marks 100 years of the Russian Revolution, Syed Firdaus Ashraf recalls a conversation he once had on Communism.
Mulk tells Indian Muslims they have to ensure that their children don't get involved in jihad, and at the same time tells Hindus not to doubt the patriotism of Indian Muslims, notes Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'If you believe the Congress will win in 2024 because Modi is blundering from one monumental disaster to another, that means you are living in a fool's paradise.'
'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.'
'You cannot give authority to citizens to start policing the State.'
'If the Chinese military gets hold of some western sectors on the India-China boundary, it will give them added military advantage.'
'If the situation escalates, then mini-scale firing might happen.'
'I wrote to the PMO to know who has written the slogan. but did not get an answer.'
When Syed Firdaus Ashraf received messages last weekend, asking him to boycott Chinese goods, he laughed.
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