Mamata Banerjee

“We are not Marxist or capitalist; we are for the poor people.”

“Law and order is the responsibility of the state governments.”

“I have flatly refused to be conned by Jyoti Basu and his corrupt government.”

“Our party, I can tell you, is very transparent; we believe in our credentials. Our credentials are our only credibility; we are not going to compromise on that; we are the commoners.”

“Religion cannot be the agenda of any government.”

“I am not Left or Right. I believe in nationalism, patriotism, the federal structure, democracy, and the poor.”

“After my father died, we faced hardship but never asked anybody for help. We were self-sufficient.”

“I have repeated ad nauseam my party's issues, which range from improving the lot of the poor to women's issues.”

“In my government, I do Twitter on my own. I have no sponsorship, nothing.”

“Jyoti Basu is the biggest fraud, cheat, and con man in West Bengal.”

“I don't want to be a VIP. I want to be an LIP, a Less Important Person.”

“Student life taught me a lesson - never bow down your head. Be straightforward and bold in whatever you do.”

“I don't have any personal agenda or vendetta against any individual, even Narendra Modi.”

“In BJP & RSS, there are good people I respect, but some are playing dirty games.”

“Ours is a vast country, many languages, many castes, creeds, religions.”

“I was not with BJP's communalism agenda.”

“Unlike the Marxists, I have no mind block against the U.S.”

“I have respect for everybody.”

“I have no problem working with anybody as long as they are efficient and their intentions, their philosophy, their ideology are clear.”

“I never supported violence. Before the formation of TMC, I was a member of the Congress Party. Gandhi's Congress. Non-violence is a philosophy that runs deep.”