'The Congress may have made mistakes, but their ideology is not wrong. India will not function if you do not believe in unity in diversity,' declares filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt. Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com reports from Lucknow.
So worried is Shiv Sena rebel leader Eknath Shinde of desertions that he is asking rebel MLAs in Guwahati to sign affidavits affirming that they won't go back on supporting the 'cause of Hindutva' after reaching Mumbai.
'Mamata Didi is the only politician who can take on the might of Modi.'
'Every Congressman in Rajasthan is in Ashok Gehlot's pocket.'
'They did not spare the girls or teachers; they beat all of them.' 'We kept calling the police, but no one came.'
'Verdict shows they had illegally imposed President's rule in Uttarakhand.'
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'If you post on social media on an issue like power cuts in Tral, the police will come to your home and tell you to remove your social media post.' 'If you don't, then the local police threaten you that they will book you under PSA.' 'This is happening all the time in Kashmir.'
'Rahul Gandhi is going to turn 54 and in India political leaders peak when they are around 60.' 'This 'bhai-behen ki jodi' has done a wonderful job for the Congress.' 'Priyanka Gandhi was a very effective campaigner.'
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'Where was the armed police?' 'Did you see armed constables around him?' 'There was deep negligence by the UP police and this was a deep conspiracy.'
'Our country does not need an NRC. We need to improve our economy which is in a bad condition.'
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'There are 17 million Hindus in Bangladesh and we, in the north east, see this Citizenship (Amendment) Bill as a route for them to enter India on the plea that they are facing persecution in Bangladesh.'
'This is total fraud. You are showing me the slip of my vote but not counting it so this is fraud.'
'They killed one Gauri, but now there will be lakhs of people who will continue to do Gauri's work.'
'He was provided sustenance by the British.' 'Many times he wrote to the British that he needed an increase in pension.'
'This is not the right way to speak about farmers. How can Kumaraswamy call farmers goondas?'
'When he was killed, did you ask questions of the Muslim community? When we spoke of 'aar-paar' you are asking questions.'
'I was not there at the spot and I don't know who was driving the car.' 'It is a matter that needs to be investigated by the police and it is their job,' says the father of the journalist who was killed in Lakhimpur Kheri.
'The Opposition thinks since the ruling party is following Savarkar's Hindutva philosophy, they want to regain their lost political mileage (by attacking Savarkar).' 'By doing so, they think they will get their power back.'
'They were as late as June 2023 and they did not follow it up with concrete measures immediately in terms of a secretariat or common minimum programme, working group or seat sharing etc.' 'They continued to have periodic meetings after a gap of weeks where they had tasty dinner and coffee, but beside that they did nothing else.'
'Many BJP MLAs and ministers tell us the police does not listen to them.'
Initially facing two years jail, the actor was hit with a stricter legal provision following a public outcry, reports Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'There was a statement by a minister that 30,000 Kashmiri Pandits have come back to the Kashmir Valley after the abrogation of Article 370, it is all b.......t and a white lie.' 'Nobody has come back.'
'When Etihad initiated their bid, it was conditional.' 'They said only if someone takes a 'haircut' would they be interested.'
The result was so disastrous for the Congress and NCP that they lost 41 seats out of 48 to the BJP-Shiv Sena combine.
Over 1,200 Indian students stranded at Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine make a desperate call for help.
'Government supplied public services are less likely to be found in neighbourhoods with high numbers of Scheduled Castes and Muslims.'
'There is no law or Article in the Constitution that says the prime minister must inaugurate the new Parliament, but Article 79 of the Constitution says the President of India is the competent person.'
'We cannot leave our entire unorganised sector to the vagaries of market forces.'
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'A stable and strong Pakistan with an anti-India mindset and hatred is not good for us.'
'The buildings all around had caved in or were damaged. The trees were all uprooted. Things were very scary.'
'For free supply of drugs and medicines itself, almost Rs 20,000 crores would be required.'
'People of my constituency told me they will continue loving me, but will not vote for me if I am with the BJP.'
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