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“The BJP's central leadership needs to recast the party structure where you openly speak of Hindutva and Indianness.”
“Homosexuality is a genetic flaw.”
“As an economist, the only advice I can give the Modi government is to take some steps that will raise the morale of the consumer and investor. That means income tax abolition and reducing the annual interest rate to nine per cent.”
“Alok Verma cannot be sacked based on the Central Vigilance Commission's (CVC) report without being heard. PM Modi should not listen to bogus legal brains.”
“I cannot become a Chowkidar because I am Brahmin. Brahmins can't be Chowkidars. It's a fact.”
“I don't trust most journalists who belong to Anglo Saxon stock because we know what your inclinations are.”
“I have every right to tweet.”
“I think the BJP is a joke. It is a party of semi-literates and has fascist tendencies. Such a party can never have real roots in India because Hinduism is the antithesis of fascism.”
“Chandra Swami is a good friend of mine, and he has devotees and well-wishers in every party, including the JP. That doesn't mean that he, or anyone else, can influence me.”
“Jayalalitha has turned out to be a failure as chief minister.”
“I had opposed the Jet-Etihad FDI arrangement on the ground of the disproportionate share of airspace given to Etihad, which is against the interest of domestic passenger traffic and also against national interest.”
“All civilian politicians in Pakistan are puppets of the ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence), military, and the Taliban.”
“India's infrastructure is pathetic, with frequent electric power breakdowns even in metropolitan cities, dangerously unhealthy water supply in urban areas, a galloping rate of HIV infection, and gaping potholes that dot our national highways.”
“Secular intellectuals may wax eloquent about 'true Islam' being humane and peaceful, on TV programmes, but it is clear that they have not read any authoritative translations of the Koran, the Sira, and the Hadith.”
“I have never been scared.”
“There is no concept of a Tamil nation. India is one nation, and Tamil Nadu is a part of that.”
“You can auction coal blocks. All natural resources of government should be auctioned.”
“In Islam, the word of the Prophet is final. No true Muslim can disown these verses or say that they would rewrite the offensive verses of the Koran. If they do, then they would have to run for their lives.”
“India can make rapid economic progress to become a developed country only through a globally competitive economy, which requires assured access to the markets and technological innovations of the United States and some of its allies such as Israel and Japan.”
“There is a serious effort going on by private airlines such as Spicejet and Vistara to benefit from this dismemberment of Jet Airways.”