Thus Spake Indian Netas (leaders)
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“There is no point giving away seats to the Congress as BJP can’t win most of the seats it plans to contest,”
BJD Rajya Sabha MP Pyari Mohan Mohapatra, Mar 8 2009, after the BJP-BJD alliance ended as the BJP did not agree on the “principle of winnability” set by BJD.
“I don’t want to use any harsh words, but the alliance is broken…. The obituary of the alliance was written the day Congress had announced its list of 24 candidates in Uttar Pradesh,” SP general secretary Amar Singh , Mar 6 2009.
“Let me assure this House that India will emerge the least affected among the countries of the world from the current economic crisis” ,”
PM Manmohan Singh in a statement on the last day of 14th Lok Sabha, Feb 27 2009
“This is the worst government the country has seen, led by a devalued prime minister”
NDA PM candidate, Mr L.K. Advani, Feb 27, 2009
“I was completely overwhelmed by the tremendous outpouring of support and appreciation that I received from not only the citizens of this country but also from the Indian diaspora, on what they acknowledged as my principled stand on a very vital issue on the role of the Speaker, keeping the dignity of the Institution and upholding the fundamental principles of the Constitution. I could not compromise on the role and expectations of the Speaker as enshrined in the Constitution,”
Speaker of 14th Lok Sabha, Mr Somnath Chatterjee, Feb 26, 2009
“He (Chiranjeevi) is nothing. Nobody can be compared with N T Rama Rao.“
Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu, Feb 23 2009
“The Gujarat problem did have a negative impact on the minorities’ support for TDP despite our government’s numerous steps for their welfare,”
TDP leader Chandra Babu Naidu, denying any pre-poll alliance with BJP, Feb 22 2009.
“The AIADMK and the Congress have been friends in the past. I cherish the friendship and as a friend I would like to give an advice. The DMK is sinking into the quick sand. No one can save it. If the Congress extends a helping hand it too will sink,”
AIADMK Chief Jayalalithaa, Feb 19, 2009
“…if there is any rift between the Congress and the SP, then Digvijay Singh will be responsible for the severed ties. I did not say he is a beggar nor I am,”
SP Leader Amar Singh, Feb 17, 2009
“What is moral about it (resigning)? We have been winning elections and will do so in future. There is just one word to describe this (case) and it’s a political conspiracy,”
Union Minister Mahavir Prasad who was convicted in a murder case, Feb 11, 2009
“Just because of a court case, does anyone become corrupt? I may also turn around and say that (Congress president) Sonia Gandhi is corrupt, and so is (Prime Minister) Manmohan Singh.”
SP leader Amar Singh, Feb 10, 2009
“I want to make it clear that I had taken moral responsibility for the demolition of Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992 and had resigned from the post of chief ministership”
Ex-BJP leader, now SP member, Kalyan Singh, Feb 4, 2009
“Mandir-Masjid issue will not fetch votes… people want development”
Mulayam Singh Yadav, Feb 2, 2009
“An onlooker may enjoy watching young boys and girls moving around arm-in-arm but it is not the culture of Rajasthan.
The excise policy of the BJP government, which was based on the premise of promoting the pub culture and wine culture, is being thoroughly reviewed and reversed”
Rajasthan Chief Minister, Ashok Gehlot, Jan 28, 2009
“The Karnataka government has already initiated strong action against the unacceptable act of hooliganism that took place in Mangalore. The BJP condemns the incident in totality,”
“(It is) unfortunate that our political opponents and the so-called secularists, suffer from an RSS-BJP phobia. They tend to level allegations without even verifying the facts”.
BJP President Rajnath Singh, Jan 26, 2009
“We oppose this (pubs). Women have to be protected as the law has failed. Parents are worried about their wards going astray in materialistic pursuits. We are the custodians of Indian culture,”
Sri Ram Sena chief, Pramod Mutalik, Jan 26, 2009
“This is Talibanisation of India, it will not be tolerated. I will approach the EC to disenfranchise the organisation involved in this and those associated with it. It is unfortunate that this incident comes two days before the girl child day. These people are not ready for the Republic of India.”
Women and child development Minister Renuka Chowdhury, Jan 25, 2009
“We know very well that what we have is not enough. This is less than 30 per cent of the capability we require,”
Union Defense Minister A K Antony, Jan 21, 2009
“I have quit the BJP for life. I was feeling suffocated. It was my political blunder to have rejoined the party,”
“BJP will not get more than five seats in UP, plus or minus one.”
BJP leader in Uttar Pradesh, Kalyan Singh, Jan 20, 2009 (UP has 80 Lok Sabha seats. The BJP won 10 seats in the last Lok Sabha elections).
“Countries that do not follow zero tolerance to terrorism must be made to pay a heavy price by international community,”
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherje, Jan 19, 2009
“There are many, many links between India and Pakistan, and if Pakistan does not cooperate and does not help to bring the perpetrators to heel, those ties will become weaker and weaker and one day snap,”
Home Minister, P. Chidambaram, Jan 14, 2009
“All BSP legislators, MPs and party functionaries are ordered to collect funds from government officials as well as the public on the occasion of Mayawati’s birthday on January 15. This cash is then sent to the BSP national office where top officer-bearers distribute it among top party workers in other states. The amount of money given to them varies from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 1 crore depending on their position in the party,”
Samajwadi leader, Amar Singh, in his complaint to the election commission, Jan 12, 2009
“BSP is a party which does not enter into poll alliances. Everybody knows that. So neither the BSP nor the CPI(M) is talking about having seat or electoral adjustments. Since they are also taking a stand to fight the Congress and BJP, we are making contacts”
CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat, Jan 10, 2009
“There is enough evidence to show that, given the sophistication and military precision of the attack it must have had the support of some official agencies in Pakistan,”
PM Manmohan Singh, Jan 6, 2008
“While dealing firmly with the terrorists is necessary, it is more important to defeat the ideology of terrorism. This is possible only through unity and by delinking religion from terrorism,”
Chief Minister of Jammu and kashmir, Omar Abdullah, Jan 6, 2009
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