Quotes by Sharad Pawar - Page 2

Our party is united. At times, some people may have disagreements and leave, but it is not a big issue.
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Disagreements
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Party politics must be transcended to resolve pressing issues like agrarian matters or other similar issues.
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Resolve
Pressing
Similar
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Who knows controversies better than me? The controversies always chase people who are active and decision makers.
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Active
Makers
Always Decision Me
Chase
Controversies
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How can any person with a myopic view and harbouring intense parochial attitude even think of leading the nation?
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Intense
Myopic
Leading
Parochial
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If prices drop, we have to protect farmers from distress; if prices rise, we should be ready to pay market rates.
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Distress
Rise
Drop
Prices
Rates
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I entered politics in 1967; since then, continuously, I am getting elected... Fortunately I never lost the elections.
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Election
Lost
Continuously
Elected
Entered
Fortunately
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The Gandhi family has a tradition of being good hosts. When you call upon them, they treat you with a lot of respect.
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Host
Tradition
Treats
Family Good Respect
Gandhi
Hosts
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People want development, modern thinking. They want to encourage and support research in agriculture and other fields.
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Agriculture
Fields
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If an industrialist can sell his products anywhere in India and the world, why should a farmer not be allowed to do so?
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India
Products
Should
World
Why
Allowed
Anywhere
Sell
Farmer
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I still believe that a fight between two brothers should not destroy peace and harmony and bring trouble to the common man.
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Common Man
Harmony
Destroy
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I feel proud when a player from Jammu and Kashmir plays for India. This shows cricket has reached all corners of the country.
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Corners
Cricket
Reached
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Globally, the highest number of irrigation projects are in India, and within the country, the highest number is in Maharashtra.
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Irrigation
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I have been president of the Indian Kabbadi Association, and likewise, I have been associated with various other sports as well.
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Indian
Associated
Likewise
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Women have a better understanding of social issues, and better representation gives them an opportunity to address these issues.
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Representation
Social Issues
Better Understanding
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I was leader of the Opposition when Vajpayee was PM. We attacked policies, not personalities, neither inside or outside the House.
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Attacked
Personalities
Pm
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Sometimes sugarcane takes about 15 months to grow, and hence it is inappropriate to ask farmers to pay their crop loans in 12 months.
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Farmers
Inappropriate
Crop
Hence
Loans
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I am worried about development in the field of information technology, communication, etc. So you cannot say that I have become inactive.
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Communication
Etc
Information Technology
Worried
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If my son enters politics, I will be able to guide him. He too would have learnt a lot from watching me, so he is less likely to make mistakes.
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Guide
Learnt
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Modi has been the Gujarat chief minister for more than a decade, but there is a vast difference between controlling a state and leading a nation.
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Chief
Controlling
Decade
Vast
Minister
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Indian cricketers need more exposure, and as cricket administrators, we need to beef up the domestic circuit. Only then will fresh talent come up.
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Administrators
Beef
Cricket
Exposure
Indian
Circuit
Domestic
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Sena under the leadership of Uddhav Thackeray has failed. It is a party on the decline, and that decline started the day Maharashtra Navnirman Sena was formed.
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Decline
Failed
Formed
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I met Lalit Modi in London once. He had apprehensions regarding coming back to India, as his security was withdrawn. He was not worried about cases filed against him.
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Apprehension
Cases
London
Security
Worried
Met
Regarding
Withdrawn
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I could never muster the courage to speak to girls in my college in Pune. Most of them were Parsis and spoke English. I came from a village and could barely converse in English.
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Courage
Girl
College
Muster
Village
Barely
Converse
Spoke
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We will primarily focus on affordable housing, water supply and transport infrastructure, as these are critical for Mumbai. Infrastructure deficit is an issue in all urban areas.
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Affordable
Affordable Housing
Critical
Deficit
Housing
Infrastructure
Mumbai
Transport
Urban
Urban Areas
Primarily
Supply
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Our policies for increasing agricultural production and productivity have been scale neutral; that is, our policies are equally effective irrespective of the size of the holdings.
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Productivity
Size
Neutral
Agricultural
Scale
Effective
Equally
Increasing
Irrespective
Policies
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More and more agricultural land is being used for non-agricultural purposes. Whether it's any industry, express highway, or expansion of any city, agricultural land is being used.
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Agricultural
Being Used
Highway
More And More
Purposes
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I am very active in the co-operative movement. I am very active in agro-industrial growth. I am taking up the issues of the farmers of India. I am active in the field of education.
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Active
Growth
Movement
Co-Operative
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The agriculture ministry has to see that their good research percolates down to the fields through the state agricultural departments and the 70-odd state agricultural universities.
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Fields
Ministry
Agricultural
Departments
Universities
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I have been to China. I noticed that wherever you went, you could ask an ordinary citizen, and he would explain, in detail, about free markets and all the other jargon of liberalisation.
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China
Jargon
Ordinary
Citizen
Detail
Explain
Free Markets
Noticed
Ordinary Citizen
Wherever
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Have you seen a marathon race? Some runners will be leading right from the first - but after the halfway mark, it is the runners at the back who take over while the early leaders fade out.
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Halfway
Marathon
Runners
Fade
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It is often remarked that I am very close to Mr. Modi. But when it comes to issues of national importance, I've never indulged in politics or considered whether the Prime Minister is from the opposition.
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Importance
Prime Minister
Considered
Mr
Close
Minister
National
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BJP is a national party which runs the central government, and if I can take a decision on the future of all these parties, I must be a capable person. I am grateful that everybody is accepting my capability.
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Capability
Central Government
Grateful
Central
Parties
Runs
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I have been worried about the future of Mumbai. It is the financial capital, an economic powerhouse that earlier had the highest air traffic, high port traffic, and strong industrial and manufacturing sectors.
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Manufacturing
Mumbai
Port
Traffic
Worried
Capital
Earlier
Industrial
Powerhouse
Sectors
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During election time, I work over 21 hours. My day starts around 6 A.M., and I address meetings through the day. Between 10 P.M. and 2 A.M., I meet local leaders, where we discuss local issues and local problems.
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Election
Meetings
Time Work Day
Address
Time Work Where
Discuss
Work Time Day
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I might be popular, but that is not sufficient in a parliamentary democracy set-up. One has to assess every chief minister, his success and rating in terms of how far he has succeeded in developing his colleagues.
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Colleagues
Developing
Parliamentary
Rating
Sufficient
Assess
Chief
How Far
Minister
Succeeded
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One should not treat investors or a person who has set up an industry and is a successful businessman as criminals in this country. I am fully aware that everybody has a right to succeed, and success should be with ethics.
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Criminals
Ethics
Industry
Investors
Succeed
Aware
Fully
Treat
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I have completed 43 years in politics and have been a minister of state, chief minister, and a Cabinet minister. A person who survives so many years is bound to face some attacks. It doesn't affect me because I know the truth.
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Affect
Attacks
Bound
Cabinet
Chief
Completed
Minister
So Many Years
Survives
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This Sonia Gandhi thing should be seen in perspective - the people of India have an emotional attachment to the family. And why not? Three of the five Congress prime ministers belong to that family. The people empathise with the family name.
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Attachment
Ministers
Prime
Why Not
Belong
Gandhi
Prime Ministers
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In politics, acceptability plays very important role. On one hand, acceptability among the coalition partners is required for smooth functioning of the government. On the other hand, acceptability among the people is needed to run the country.
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Partners
Smooth
Coalition
Important Role
Required
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In 1978, when I was a non-Congress chief minister, we distributed surplus wheat among labourers. Later, when we visited a village, I asked a labourer whether he knew who sent the wheat. 'Yes, Indiraji - only Indiraji helps the poor.' Indiraji was a symbol for the weaker sections.
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Sections
Surplus
Village
Wheat
Chief
Distributed
Labourer
Minister
Symbol
Visited
Weaker
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