Narendra Modi, Prime Minister | “Rising India means to me the rise of the pride of the one billion India, the rise of country's self-respect. When the will power of these hundred and a half million people is united, their resolutions become one, then even the unachievable becomes achievable, even the impossible becomes possible.”
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Rajnath Singh, Home Minister | Talking about BJP’s bypoll losses, he said, "Ho gaya, aage nahin hoga. Humein pata chala ki aisa bhi ho sakta hain (What happened in Gorakhpur will not happen again because we know that this result is also a possibility)". (Image: Reuters)
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Amarinder Singh, Punjab CM | “The soldiers of the regiment I served with are now posted in Kashmir and they are swapping their weapons with the ones they seize from terrorists because they like them better. If a soldier doesn't have confidence in his weapon, how can he fight?" he said.
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Nirmala Sitharaman, Defence Minister | Responding to Punjab CM Amarinder Singh's comments, she said, "I haven't heard his comments so I may not be able to respond to the specifics, but I agree with him that there is no doubt that (modernisation of equipment for armed forces) is a big challenge for us."
Ruchir Sharma, Head of Emerging Markets, Morgan Stanley Investment Management | “There has to be more decentralisation of power. Much more power needs to be given to the states. That's the best hope for India,” he said.
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Conrad Sangma, Meghalaya CM | Talking about challenges in connectivity, roads, social welfare and problems faced by the youth, he said, "We are working to solve it. It will not happen in one day. We have constraints, in monetary terms as well but those will have to be mitigated to work for the state's welfare”.
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Yogi Adityanath, Uttar Pradesh CM | "Victories and losses are not a moment of happiness or sadness for us. Whenever we work with overconfidence and take results for granted, we will end up not working hard enough. So such results will naturally happen. Our workers and voters thought these are the seats of the Chief Minister and deputy Chief Minister and so they took them for granted."
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Talking about government control, Paul Krugman said, “India was famous for License Raj, where bureaucratic obstacles were immense. I'm on the centre-left, but I don't think the government should have a heavy hand on economy. India has become a much easier place to do business.” Image: Reuters)
![Rajnath Singh, Home Minister | Talking about BJP’s bypoll losses, he said, "Ho gaya, aage nahin hoga. Humein pata chala ki aisa bhi ho sakta hain (What happened in Gorakhpur will not happen again because we know that this result is also a possibility)". (Image: Reuters)](https://images.moneycontrol.com/static-mcnews/2018/03/RTXDEJM.jpg "Rajnath Singh, Home Minister | Talking about BJP’s bypoll losses, he said, "Ho gaya, aage nahin hoga. Humein pata chala ki aisa bhi ho sakta hain (What happened in Gorakhpur will not happen again because we know that this result is also a possibility)". (Image: Reuters)")
![Amarinder Singh, Punjab CM | “The soldiers of the regiment I served with are now posted in Kashmir and they are swapping their weapons with the ones they seize from terrorists because they like them better. If a soldier doesn't have confidence in his weapon, how can he fight?" he said.](https://images.moneycontrol.com/static-mcnews/2017/03/amarinder_Singh_.jpg "Amarinder Singh, Punjab CM | “The soldiers of the regiment I served with are now posted in Kashmir and they are swapping their weapons with the ones they seize from terrorists because they like them better. If a soldier doesn't have confidence in his weapon, how can he fight?" he said.")
![Nirmala Sitharaman, Defence Minister | Responding to Punjab CM Amarinder Singh, she said, "I haven't heard his comments so I may not be able to respond to the specifics, but I agree with him that there is no doubt that (modernisation of equipment for armed forces) is a big challenge for us."](https://images.moneycontrol.com/static-mcnews/2017/09/Nirmala-Sitharaman.jpg "Nirmala Sitharaman, Defence Minister | Responding to Punjab CM Amarinder Singh, she said, "I haven't heard his comments so I may not be able to respond to the specifics, but I agree with him that there is no doubt that (modernisation of equipment for armed forces) is a big challenge for us."")
![Conrad Sangma, Meghalaya CM | Talking about challenges in connectivity, roads, social welfare and problems faced by the youth, he said, "We are working to solve it. It will not happen in one day. We have constraints, in monetary terms as well but those will have to be mitigated to work for the state's welfare”.](https://images.moneycontrol.com/static-mcnews/2018/03/conrad-sangma.jpg "Conrad Sangma, Meghalaya CM | Talking about challenges in connectivity, roads, social welfare and problems faced by the youth, he said, "We are working to solve it. It will not happen in one day. We have constraints, in monetary terms as well but those will have to be mitigated to work for the state's welfare”.")
![Yogi Adityanath, Uttar Pradesh CM | "Victories and losses are not a moment of happiness or sadness for us. Whenever we work with overconfidence and take results for granted, we will end up not working hard enough, so such results will naturally happen. Our workers and voters thought these are the seats of the chief minister and deputy chief minister, and so they took them for granted. Some didn't step out to vote, some didn't go for door-to-door campaign."](https://images.moneycontrol.com/static-mcnews/2017/05/PTI5_21_2017_000077B-e1521367241356.jpg "Yogi Adityanath, Uttar Pradesh CM | "Victories and losses are not a moment of happiness or sadness for us. Whenever we work with overconfidence and take results for granted, we will end up not working hard enough, so such results will naturally happen. Our workers and voters thought these are the seats of the chief minister and deputy chief minister, and so they took them for granted. Some didn't step out to vote, some didn't go for door-to-door campaign."")
