'Neither did I approach the BJP nor did they ask me to join them. It was a natural choice for both of us to make.' 'It was never for me to ask or for them to give.'
'The state government, state forces, commandos, police, they are all with the Meiteis in attacking Kuki tribals.'
'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.'
'Given the current dispensation, I have no hope for the legislature passing a law in favour of the LGBTQ community.'
'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.'
'BJP has lot of money. Even a rich person like me is scared of taking on the financial muscle of the BJP.' 'What is the point of throwing money? Result toh aane wala nahi hai.'
'While the Budget would be growth-friendly, it would not come at the expense of an increase in the fiscal deficit.'
'We want to send a notice to the BJP that Rajputs are no longer their slaves.'
'Once elected, you have to act like people's representative for the full five years or else people show you your place.'
'The people of Kota will show Om Birla his place.'
'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.'
'Perhaps, he must have thought that it was time to pass on the baton to the younger generation.'
'The situation in Nuh could have easily returned to normalcy if the trader class wished so, but they didn't.'
'It's not really going to bring about purity in the election process.'
'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.'
'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?'
'If we don't control the additional pollutants that come from various human activities then, the pollution level will not come down.'
'You know how politics is. You never know what will happen the next moment.'
'People coming from the slightly upper section of Palestinian society want to fight and I see vengeance in their eyes.'
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'Ajit Dada will have no role to play as NCP's leader in the assembly whenever it is convened'
'The rocks, the geology of the Himalayas will always spring surprises.' 'It's basically force majeure and the will of god.'
'The BJP, already falling short of a strong OBC leader from Maharashtra, will be more than happy to welcome Chhagan Bhujbal in its fold.'
'Uddhavji will face the no confidence motion on the floor of the House whenever it happens.'
'The Bills (Bharatiya Saksha, Bharatiya Nagarik Sanhita and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita) are arbitrary, opaque and ambiguous and structurally quite violent.'
'Whatever duties I have to dispense off as a Speaker I will do the needful in accordance with the provisions of the law.'
'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.'
'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.
'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.'
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was in element at the Gateway of India.
'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.'
'After having changed chief ministers in Uttarakhand, Tripura, why are they not doing it in Manipur?'
'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 government has been anti our civilisational values.' 'My fear would be that they erode that some more to have their way and to consolidate their power.'
'They are fighting it out, but they have deeply traumatised; they are alive and they are carrying on in life.'
'...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.'
'If it is repeated by other governors, then no government will be safe.'
'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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