'If a poor voter sees Modi's picture on ration bags, it is natural he will vote for Modi and the BJP.'
'I just invited PM Modi for Kalki Dham for shilanyas, so what crime did I commit as a Congressman?'
'They hate him so much that if PM Modi says the Sun rises in the east the Congress will say the Sun rises in the west.'
'Who has given how much money to which party, the people of India must know this fact.'
'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.'
Ahead of the floor test in Maharashtra, what is more crucial is who becomes the pro-tem speaker. And bagging this post is part of the BJP's plan to retain power, reports Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com/
'They said that my leaving for the Quit India Movement event would be a threat to law and order so I should not leave the police station and to be stationed there till the time they do not get permission.'
'Apparently, the EC deals with such communications as mine in a summary manner, and it has no intention to conduct its affairs, as a quasi-judicial authority ought to.'
'And once someone is dead in a family the ritual is to shave your head.'
And one big, angry family, says Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
You neither get goosebumps nor the adrenaline rush of desh bhakti, which a film like Sardar Udham should give every Indian, observes Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'A very large part of this would have come from opium.'
'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.'
'This decision to go with the BJP is Kumaraswamy's individual decision and not a party decision.'
'One needs to understand what kind of means the BJP use to bring other party leaders in their party.' 'They are unscrupulous politicians and money plays an important role.'
Regardless of its commercial success, as an Indian, one needs to watch the story of this unsung hero, feels Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
...It was original, feels Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'The Congress government is on its way out in Himachal Pradesh.'
'Congress leaders who are making strategy for the Congress to win elections have not even won a class monitor elections.' 'When you have not contested school monitor elections, what will you know about the ground reality?'
'This is total fraud. You are showing me the slip of my vote but not counting it so this is fraud.'
'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.'
'Nobody wants to run an exploitation factory.'
'I was never why I was denied a ticket to contest the assembly elections.'
'The BJP has started a war-like situation against farmers and the Jat community.'
'Gautam Adani will not be able to step inside Dharavi.' 'We will ensure Adani will not get what he wants.' 'Adani has no reason to do politics with people of Dharavi but he is still doing it.'
'The State does not accept our rights, what more can I say about this judgment?'
'We are hoping that in three-four days we will surely get a positive result.'
'They are happy for the Hindu community as Ram Lalla is consecrated in Ayodhya.'
'Replacement of the CM with a more acceptable face may be a good start towards resolving Manipur's problem.'
'I have never seen a common man tapping a chief minister on the shoulder and giving him his petition, like needing money for a child admitted in a hospital.'
'This verdict means that if there is presidential rule anywhere in any state of India, that state can be dismembered and from a state can be downgraded to a Union territory.'
Even as a teen, Syed Firdaus Ashraf was terrified about losing his hair. So here's what he did.
'He was the most thoughtful corporate person I encountered.'
'Shivakumar is an andhbhakt of Congress ideology and principles.'
'The Constitution of India defeated the BJP.'
'As long as economic growth remains steady, creating jobs and generating stable incomes, the rise in home loans should not create problems.' 'If the growth trajectory changes course over the medium term and interest rates rise along with inflation, the expanding trend in home loans may not sustain.'
One gets the feeling that Golmaal Returns will be a blockbuster unless Rohit Shetty, the writer, comes out with a weak story, feels Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'These kinds of tunnels are not meant for the Himalayas.' 'Development should be good for all people and not where you make a tunnel and 40 people get trapped.'
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