'I defended them -- Amit Shah and Narendra Modi -- in over 10,000 national debates, but I never asked for any favour.'

'I don't think the Bharatiya Janata Party can claim any USP which was it is a party with a difference.'

'To essay Chhatrapati Shivaji is a huge responsibility. I can't tell you how great and proud I feel.'

'Raj saheb and I are trying to fill the backlog of the last ten years.'

Did Sheena Bora board a Jet Airways flight on July 22, 2012, a full three months after her death in April 2012?

'Why should Khargeji work against the Gandhis for the sake of proving his independence?'

'Our fight is against his political masters, the BJP and Devendra Fadnavis.'

'The margin of victory or loss would make both camps rethink their strategies for the 2024 assembly election in Maharashtra.'

Prasanna D Zore/Rediff.com reports from Shivaji Park and the MMRDA ground to sense the mood of Shiv Sena workers -- from the Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde camps.

Keeping in mind the bitter backdrop in which the two Sena factions are likely to come face-to-face with each other on October 5, the Mumbai police, along with the Maharashtra administration, are leaving nothing to chance.

'Putra-moh Congress ko nasht kar raha hai (Sonia Gandhi's love for Rahul Gandhi is destroying the Congress).'

'Why are the people who stood with the Congress through thick and thin, why are they leaving?'

Yuri Alemao, Altone D'costa and advocate Carlos Alvares Ferreira, the three Congress MLAs who didn't join the eight of their former party men in jumping ship speak up about their decisions and their motivations to stay with the 137-year-old Congress.

It was not a one-way ride up though for the man who now could potentially become the BJP's national president over time.

'Since we defeated their evil designs on July 10, their poaching approach became more aggressive with using blackmail and money power as tools to finish off the political opposition in Goa.'

'But the coldness between the two is definitely melting.'

'They know Sharad Pawar will be playing a huge role in unifying the Opposition.'

'We will be celebrating our friend's ascension as king by distributing sweets.'

'Not many know that Ratan Tata became chairman of Tata Sons because of Cyrus's father Pallonji Mistry. But he (Cyrus) never used it or leveraged it to his benefit.'

'With vendetta politics as its main plank, the BJP will be looking out for every opportunity to destabilise this Mahagatbandhan government.'