A biography for Pratibha Patilhasn’t been written yet.
“When I took over, I thought that I must do something for the empowerment of women.”
“There should be no effort, consciously or otherwise, that will lead to the erosion of institutional credibility and authority.”
“Parliament of the country is the repository of the sovereign will of the people, and its successful functioning is a joint responsibility of both the government and the Opposition.”
“It is important that the decorum and dignity of the House is upheld at all times. The image of Parliament in the public mind should be one where proceedings, debates and discussions take place with a view to resolve issues through a constructive and co-operative approach.”
“When I was put up as a candidate for this, I was a political person. But after becoming the president, I become non-political, a-political, because president does not then belong to any political party.”