Amarinder Singh

“Till 1966 when the Green Revolution came to Punjab, nobody grew this crop. Only when farmers saw money in it, did they start rice cultivation.”

“The spirit of cooperation between the Centre and states has been diluted in many ways.”

“We didn't lose the Punjab State elections for any other reason but the fact that seats were wrongly allocated.”

“With industrial revival, I see a lot of jobs coming in for the youth of Punjab.”

“As elected representatives, MLAs are accountable to the people and I will not allow anyone to undermine their importance.”

“Unfortunately, when the drug problem started some years ago, nobody took it seriously.”

“Akalis are going to be down in the dumps, they and the BJP, whether they stay together or fight separately.”

“When I became the CM in 2002, I had to quit the boards of some institutions, where I was a member.”

“Let me say at the outset, there would be no space for vendetta politics in Punjab.”

“I was horrified to visit our universities and find that at the Punjab Agriculture University or at the Animal and Husbandry University, we don't have scientists.”

“Today your technology is far more sophisticated. Forget about sending a reconnaissance aircraft, your satellites provide you information on a minute-to-minute basis. Similarly, when missiles were fired, every missile has a camera in its cone, on its nose, and it keeps relaying information until the point of its impact.”

“I also welcomed the Kartarpur corridor. I think it is a good step but I can't go to Pakistan when terrorist acts are being carried out here.”

“If the Government can talk to China, which has been infiltrating into our territories and grabbing our land for months now, why should they suspend talks with their own farmers, our own people?”

“Narendra Modi doesn't exist in Punjab, neither are national issues relevant here.”

“Industry has left Punjab. Economy has collapsed.”

“Government better be on its toes. I have been warning them for a long time that Pakistan is trying to infiltrate the borders. Their weapons are coming in.”

“I think we should be very careful in our choice of putting out news which should not create a situation where the morale of our troops goes down.”

“When I was in the Western Command from 1964 to 1967, I think 100 strikes must have happened. They just have given it a new name 'surgical strikes.' We used to call it cross border raid.”

“With its largely agrarian society, Punjab is affected more than many other states by the Centre's anti-farmer stance.”

“Revival of investor confidence and industrial development is, in my opinion, one of the biggest achievements of my government, given the financial mess which we have inherited from the erstwhile Akali government.”