Can Jitin Prasada retain the BJP's Brahmin vote in UP?
'It is a frightening situation as the most threatening aspect is the development and growth of society.' 'Once our society comes into perpetual violent mode, then investments will drop.'
'The place I used to sleep in the jail had a big window high up on the opposite side, where at sunrise and sunset time a bird would drop in every day.' 'It could be an eagle or a peacock. And sometimes a monkey.' 'Those moments calmed you, brought hope...'
"Such are his core supporters that they will vote for him even if cooking oil sells for Rs 5,000 per litre under his leadership.' 'They don't think about inflation but Modi when they go out to vote.'
'Gehlot is right now doing things, which are not appreciated by the Gandhis.' 'The Gandhis have realised that their writ does not run in Rajasthan, therefore they have deflected the issue to Kharge.'
'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.'
'Akhilesh did politics like Rabi and Kharif crop which come once a year. Politics is not seasonal, you have to harvest your field all through the year and only then you get a good crop' Political analyst lists 12 reasons why Akhilesh Yadav lost the UP elections.
'We do not want Kashmiri Pandits to migrate from Kashmir.'
'Even if not me, there are other deserving candidates from Maharashtra in the Congress who should have been given the Rajya Sabha ticket.'
'The right wing has worked for 70-80 years at the grass roots before it burst onto social media.' 'Social media is an extension of its formidable work in society.' 'If you think you can fight them on social media, forget it. You can't.'
'He also understands and foresees potential challenges.'
'Yogi was there, but ultimately the BJP got extremely worried and therefore Modi pitched in.'
'Muslims know they cannot defeat the BJP, why then come in its firing range?' 'And they know, ultimately it is the BJP MLA who is going to get elected and only he or she can do their work.' 'The BJP may do a different kind of politics for Muslims, but when they sit in the chair they work for Muslims too.'
'If you want to change everything all of a sudden to polyester, then the production of khadi flags will come under trouble.'
'We request the Indian government that they send some buses urgently so that we can travel in groups and reach safety.'
'Kejriwal tries to project that his party is not Hindu virodhi.'
'We cannot afford to be complacent about our food security needs.'
'Is the idea of a committed judiciary once again being floated, though surreptitiously, unlike in the past when it was direct?'
'The act of demolition, for whatever reason, was far too hasty without even giving an opportunity of an appeal.'
'It is a well-thought-out decision. I feel it is difficult for him now to step back.'
'That she drove 20 km in 9 minutes is rubbish.'
Over 1,200 Indian students stranded at Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine make a desperate call for help.
'Dr Shashi Tharoor by far is a much better choice.'
'I am not sure of the numbers killed, but they were not as high as the use of the word 'genocide' suggests.' 'There is another meaning you could take, 'cultural genocide', in that the Pandit community is extremely small and their forced departure led to a wiping out of their culture.'
'If you have only one hit out of 100 movies in a year, it is death for Bollywood.'
'The Maoists have weakened considerably in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh after Milind Teltumbde's death.'
'Javed Ahmed was no mastermind of the riots, and this is not mentioned in the FIR against him either.'
'Jockeying for that position has possibly started at this time.'
'We want Muslims to go about their work and business unhindered.' 'They should not get victimised and that will only come through the process of reconciliation.'
Amitabh Bachchan was preparing to pack up his bags and return to Allahabad if Zanjeer failed.
Thalaivii proves Kangana is the Queen of Bollywood, asserts Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'He used to come to the cinema hall like he was visiting a temple for worship.'
'The cases have not reduced because the prosecution has found some other way to stop people from using their right to free speech.'
'The message the BJP is sending is that they are in no way responsible for Uddhav's downfall and it was only Shinde who is to be blamed.'
'The Indian government evacuated its citizens from the clutches of the Taliban and Covid-hit Wuhan, so I am not worried.'
'At present there might be at least 500 Indians stuck in Iran for various reasons and we have no idea when they will come back.'
'I welcome Droupadi Murmu as the first Adivasi woman President of India, but her track record has not been good as a politician and governor of Jharkhand when it came to helping Adivasis,' points out activist Gladson Dungdung.
'Mamata Didi is the only politician who can take on the might of Modi.'
'They are trying to make the situation bad for Indian Railways so that they can hand it over to private companies.'
'People of my constituency told me they will continue loving me, but will not vote for me if I am with the BJP.'
