'We can't leave this to Parliament; we are sure they (MPs) are not going to sensitise anybody.'
'The people of Kota will show Om Birla his place.'
'Pura phas gaya woh... barbad, satyanash ho gaya woh.' 'Usko ticket bhi diya, election bhi ladha woh; ganda video bhi bahar aa gaya; hamara izzat bhi nikal diya woh; abhi letter ke baare main pooch ke kya hota hai?'
'I don't know why they should feel scared. They have a big majority, they shouldn't feel scared.' 'They should let us speak and then they can always vote however they want to. I have no idea (what's scaring the government).' 'It actually baffles me why they should indulge in these kinds of tactics.'
'Farmers have been sent notices in which the government is threatening that if you will join the movement, then we will impound your ancestral properties.' 'We will seal your bank accounts.' 'We will revoke the passports of your kids.'
Former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt wants BJP chief Amit Shah to be made a respondent for allegedly foisting wrong criminal cases against him, former additional solicitor general Indira Jaising tells Prasanna Zore/Rediff.com
'This judgment is welcome and people will now think twice before saying what they say.'
'Once elected, you have to act like people's representative for the full five years or else people show you your place.'
'Given the current dispensation, I have no hope for the legislature passing a law in favour of the LGBTQ community.'
'It's not really going to bring about purity in the election process.'
'If the business before the House is suspended under Rule 267 it will mean the government has recognised that there is great urgency (to discuss the Manipur violence).' 'Government doesn't want to recognise that at all.'
'The state government, state forces, commandos, police, they are all with the Meiteis in attacking Kuki tribals.'
'There is a list with the Ministry of Home Affairs that has the details and names of the terrorist organisations that attack the Indian Army.'
'Bringing in Dr Mohan Yadav as the Yadav-OBC face from Ujjain as chief minister, and a scheduled tribe leader Jagdish Devda from Mandsaur district, and a Brahmin face Rajendra Shukla from Rewa, the BJP is making an attempt to put in place a new caste equation in the state keeping an eye on the general elections next year.'
'The BJP, already falling short of a strong OBC leader from Maharashtra, will be more than happy to welcome Chhagan Bhujbal in its fold.'
'Sell part of your portfolio where you're making good money, especially in small caps and mid caps.' 'The money which you take home is yours. The money which is there on paper is not yours.
'The rocks, the geology of the Himalayas will always spring surprises.' 'It's basically force majeure and the will of god.'
'If we don't control the additional pollutants that come from various human activities then, the pollution level will not come down.'
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly verdict.
'When the chief minister saw how Manoj Jarange Patil had successfully held the state government hostage to his whims, Eknath Shinde knew he had a very clear chance of enamouring himself to these Maratha agitators by accepting Patil's demands.'
'The Bills (Bharatiya Saksha, Bharatiya Nagarik Sanhita and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita) are arbitrary, opaque and ambiguous and structurally quite violent.'
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly verdict.
'We are here to reason it out with Shinde saheb.'
'People coming from the slightly upper section of Palestinian society want to fight and I see vengeance in their eyes.'
'The situation in Nuh could have easily returned to normalcy if the trader class wished so, but they didn't.'
Celebrations broke out as the Grand Alliance was all set for a thumping victory in the Bihar polls.
'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.'
'Rahul should have learnt so much in the last 20 years. But give him a mic and he begins to talk without thinking about its consequences.'
'...the Congress tally in 2028 would further plummet under 50.' 'A fresh face as CM would further strengthen the BJP and weaken the Congress in Madhya Pradesh.'
'IDF (the Israeli Defence Forces) soldiers, be it a girl or a boy, they may look very cute, but you cannot mess with them.' 'People are serving their country at 95 years of age. That's the greatest example of patriotism.'
'Perhaps, he must have thought that it was time to pass on the baton to the younger generation.'
'While the Budget would be growth-friendly, it would not come at the expense of an increase in the fiscal deficit.'
'You know how politics is. You never know what will happen the next moment.'
'Approaching the SC, getting a favourable decision and overturning the situation (the speaker's order), will be too much to ask for in too short time.'
Rediff.com's Prasanna D Zore, Hitesh Harisinghani and Afsar Dayatar return moist-eyed, elevated, after spending an evening with clowns and derring-do stunt artistes at Rambo Circus.
'We have interesting leads on the agents. The roles of agents in this entire operation, who were doing what.'
'It is now the government's duty to find a way out of this impasse without hurting interests of any sections of Maharashtrian people.'
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