'Transparency is us watching the government and not the government watching us'
'The decline of the Congress party and its inability to play the lead role in Opposition politics has created a space for the TMC to expand.'
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 central government forces are supporting one group and the state government forces are supporting another group and this is resulting in non-stop cross-firing, which has resulted in the killing of many innocent people.'
'Rahul Gandhi never gets firsthand information. He does not know what is good or bad going on in the party.'
'It could backfire on the BJP and boost the Opposition parties.'
'Since the RJD came to power, criminals have stopped fearing the law.'
'He is not acting solo.' 'The plot may have people within the Congress and outside.'
'My father's life sends a message that there are positive things happening between India and China, no matter what happens at the border.'
'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.'
'Had they agreed to our demands that we raised two years ago, we would have never started our agitation again.'
The Bombay high court raised some key points before granting bail to actor Salman Khan.
Why is the government unwilling to disclose the winners of its DigiDhan Yojana?
'There is a sense within the government and Modi that things are not as good as they were in 2019.'
'George Fernandes will always be remembered in history as the man who successfully called the railway strike.'
How the demonetisation drives in India and Venezuela have played out.
'They were only chanting one slogan, "Ghar jaana hai (we want to go home)".'
'UCC should be across India and legally applicable to every Indian citizen.'
Worried over those under home quarantine going out and mingling with others, the Karnataka government wants them to confirm their location through selfies.
'The act of demolition, for whatever reason, was far too hasty without even giving an opportunity of an appeal.'
'After Ambedkar, Dr Gail was the only writer who wrote critically on caste issues.'
'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 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.'
'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.'
'Piyush Goyal is the chief and it is always the chief who is considered to be responsible.'
'The actual amount due to Jet Airways employees is Rs 1,200 crore, and the management is giving only Rs 52 crore.'
'If they don't make Ajit Pawar chief minister, what can he do?'
'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.'
'It will be a long time before we will see the likes of Vajpayee again.'
'For no other leader of India do so many people turn up for an event every year without invitation.'
'It is not the duty of government to protect minority religions or promote it.'
'If we want a stable society, then all groups must feel that they have a seat at the table of power.'
'People with vested interests in the BJP don't want the Patels to get reservation.'
'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.'
'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.'
'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.'
Rohith Vemula's suicide exposes all of us as a nation, argues Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'I would like to see Kharge include Shashi in the Congress Working Committee.' 'The other alternative is that the Congress will marginalise him.'
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