'This is leading to anarchy.'

'There are 7,000 guns which are in the hands of the armed militia of the Kuki and Meitei communities.'

'Party workers sit outside polling booths and they know everything that is happening.' 'Besides, as a voter when you push the EVM button to vote there is a paper slip that comes out showing you who you voted for.'

'Pro-incumbency worked big time for the ruling party.' 'It has never happened in the past of pro-incumbency working so much for the ruling party.'

'Maharashtra election result is a chamatkar of EVM.' 'There has been a sudden one percent rise in the voting percentage after the counting day.' 'This is what made the difference to the election results.' 'How did this vote percentage increase after counting day?

'If someone fiddles us on our religion then we will pay back five times more to that person. We have proved that time and again.'

'The reason I am not anxious about the opponent facing me in the front (Ajit Pawar) is because of who is standing behind me like a rock (Sharad Pawar).'

'We have given riot-free Maharashtra in our 18-month rule.'

'That was my mistake.' 'Gautam Adani was not involved in forming the Maharashtra government.' 'Adani was not there in the meeting.' 'The meeting was at his guest house and we were sitting in his guest house.'

'When I see people's faces I can see that there is a certain sadness in their eyes which makes me unhappy as a person.' 'I want to see people happy in their lives.'

'Politicians can do symbolism by changing the names of places and museums.' 'Judges need not be seen to be craving for approval from the public.'

'I want to ask the Congress only one question: What is more important than election management in politics?'

'There is some deep rot that has set in the Congress party. This requires an organisational surgery.'

'Government cannot pick and choose as to against whom they want to take action and against whom they do not want to take action.'

'Every Haryana assembly seat has its own unique problems to earn victory for a political party and you as a politician need to know what are those issues and tackle it.'

'The people of India have shown immense faith in the Tata group as they have never broken the trust of Indians.'

'Congress leaders are ready to lose the election and not form the government, but are never ready to share seats with others.'

'...or go to jail.' 'The government is getting them silenced.'

'The whole Kashmiri population is seemed to be a suspect community. This status is not good.'

'PM Modi would have swept the elections in Kashmir after notebandi but then he scrapped Article 370 so all his good work went down the drain.'