'My father's life sends a message that there are positive things happening between India and China, no matter what happens at the border.'
Facing ire over his alleged inflammatory speech warning Muslims of a 'final battle', Union Minister of State for Human Resource and Development Ram Shankar Katheria claims he did not make any such comments.
'The wife will not only abuse her husband for giving her less money, but also abuse the government.' 'Look at the price of a cooking gas cylinder, it is Rs 1,200.'
'He is not acting solo.' 'The plot may have people within the Congress and outside.'
'Since the RJD came to power, criminals have stopped fearing the law.'
'UCC should be across India and legally applicable to every Indian citizen.'
'The government never asked any transport association before making this law on hit and run cases.' 'MPs only clapped to Amit Shah's new law and never questioned him about this law.' 'Are these MPs not bothered about the lives of drivers?'
'The India which was all about glamour and razzmatazz through which he could earn the trust of people of the other India, which was Bharat.'
'There is a sense within the government and Modi that things are not as good as they were in 2019.'
'The act of demolition, for whatever reason, was far too hasty without even giving an opportunity of an appeal.'
'George Fernandes will always be remembered in history as the man who successfully called the railway strike.'
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'For no other leader of India do so many people turn up for an event every year without invitation.'
'They were only chanting one slogan, "Ghar jaana hai (we want to go home)".'
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'If they don't make Ajit Pawar chief minister, what can he do?'
Worried over those under home quarantine going out and mingling with others, the Karnataka government wants them to confirm their location through selfies.
'After Ambedkar, Dr Gail was the only writer who wrote critically on caste issues.'
'The cousins do not have a good rapport with each other in politics, though they may be having a good rapport with each other in family life.'
'The culture of the BJP has changed and the party too has changed with this new culture. 'The BJP is having bad political management, bad man management, personal management and inter-personal relationships.' 'Therefore, people like me are not in the BJP.'
'The most important thing is that medical aid reaches people whenever required.'
'This committee underscores the Indian State's longstanding conventional approach to leverage top-down conflict management in North East India in general and Manipur in particular.' 'Trying to 'manage' violent conflicts top-down has not worked in the past, and apparently does not seem to work this time either.'
'The actual amount due to Jet Airways employees is Rs 1,200 crore, and the management is giving only Rs 52 crore.'
'If we want a stable society, then all groups must feel that they have a seat at the table of power.'
'All this while he has been maintaining that he is innocent and, if that is the case, why will he run away?'
'Deeply hurt by Modi's conspicuous silence for over a month-and-a-half since the outbreak of violence, people in Manipur came on the roads and crushed their radio sets to express their frustration and anger.' 'The fact that Modi's Mann Ki Baat did not have a single reference to the Manipur violence further accentuated this hurt and anger.'
'Piyush Goyal is the chief and it is always the chief who is considered to be responsible.'
'It is not the duty of government to protect minority religions or promote it.'
'It will be a long time before we will see the likes of Vajpayee again.'
'After Father Stan Swamy's death one thing has become very clear, that if you fight for justice in India you will be called a Maoist by the State.'
'She showed courage at every turn in her political career.'
'He told senior journalists a few days after the Babri Masjid demolition, 'Jo hua theek hua. Maine isliye hone diya ki BJP ki rajniti hamesha ke liye khatam ho jaye.'
'If Israel had stuck to the peace accords, Hamas would have had no one to fight.'
'People with vested interests in the BJP don't want the Patels to get reservation.'
'The collegium system will remove any such doubts from the minds of people and the political parties.'
'I would like to see Kharge include Shashi in the Congress Working Committee.' 'The other alternative is that the Congress will marginalise him.'
'If the Congress gets to form the government in 2024, then Sonia Gandhi by virtue of being CPP chairperson will have the authority to decide who will be the prime minister and not Kharge.'
'If you want to change everything all of a sudden to polyester, then the production of khadi flags will come under trouble.'
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