'There is a cost to war.' 'The West knows that and so does Putin.' 'The point is, how much of the cost are both sides willing to pay?'

'This issue is related to national security because they were compromising the entire capital markets's core infrastructure by leaking confidential information.' 'What would have happened if the servers had come down?' 'Or some confidential information leaked to terrorists who could have knocked out our capital market?'

'The Indian government evacuated its citizens from the clutches of the Taliban and Covid-hit Wuhan, so I am not worried.'

'At present there might be at least 500 Indians stuck in Iran for various reasons and we have no idea when they will come back.'

'It will take a long time for people's memory to be misled by a prime minister who is so arrogant and who refuses to acknowledge his own faults.'

'Bommai's predicament is pathetic right now because deep inside he is not like this, but to remain in power he has to talk and speak against his own conscience.'

'Goa is a tiny state, but in terms of its Business of Politics, several powerful lobbies of India are involved in it, be it the mining lobby, hoteliers' lobby, casino lobby, hawala lobby, drugs lobby etc.'

'Every district office of the party celebrated his exit by distributing sweets and bursting crackers.'

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'The politics of Goa is moving around a sole entity, which is land.'

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'The Covid situation is like demonetisation.' 'People were upset with the government initially, but eventually they voted for the BJP again.'

'Congress and BSP are in the fray, but not in the contest.'

'The PM of India was 20 km away from the Pakistan border and he is one of the persons under extreme threat from that country and they put his life in danger.'

'The second Covid wave spread due to the irresponsibility of the Election Commission of India and now they are committing the same mistake.'

'People of my constituency told me they will continue loving me, but will not vote for me if I am with the BJP.'

'People are questioning these highways and expressways in UP because ultimately, they want to get bread and butter first.'

'Today in Uttar Pradesh all big parties like Samajwadi Party, BJP or even Bahujan Samaj Party are out to woo smaller parties as they know the Hindu votes are getting divided.'

'The PM says he believes in discussion and debate, then why are discussions and debates not being allowed in Parliament?'

'Today, we being the majority pass a law and if the Opposition parties do not like it, they throw files at the Chair, and beat up women marshals.'