'There is a famous saying here that 'the way to Delhi passes through Lucknow'.' 'If the BJP loses UP in 2022, Modi's premiership in 2024 will be in doldrums.'

'We feel that till the time statehood is not restored power sector should not be touched in J-K.'

Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com tracks Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi's project-launching spree with just about three months to go for the assembly election in India's most populous state.

'Look at the aggressive way in which a campaign against Friday namaz is going on in North Indian cities.' 'Even the Union home minister is part of this vicious campaign.'

'Although Narendra Modi had no direct participation in the Ayodhya agitation, he would not have been in the dominant position he is now had it not been for the Ram Janambhoomi agitation.'

'Second-class citizenship would have been meaningless to a Hindu in the Mughal empire.'

'If there is effective prosecution, only then we will get justice, but first let them (NIA) run the case honestly in court.'

'Two years ago I told Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi that we have traitors in the Congress.'

'Mamata Didi is the only politician who can take on the might of Modi.'

'A country cannot be run on lines that everyone should be in agreement and those who disagree should be silenced.' 'If this is how they look at democracy, then I can only wish good luck to the future of parliamentary democracy in India.'

'The decline of the Congress party and its inability to play the lead role in Opposition politics has created a space for the TMC to expand.'

Satyamev Jayate 2 has a dated, circa 1990s script which won't find acceptance with today's generations, observes Syed Firdaus Ashraf.

'We don't trust the prime minister's words on repealing the laws because he had promised us that he will implement the Swaminathan Commission report, but he never did.'

'Only then will we withdraw the agitation.'

'Punjab elections are there and so are UP elections. They must have done some calculations (before announcing the repeal).'

'Had these three farm laws existed it would have become a huge election issue.'

'BJP will win 350 seats.'

Rediff.com's Syed Firdaus Ashraf does a comparative analysis of suicide numbers released by the NCRB. Data: Hemantkumar Shivsaran/Rediff.com.

'The Maoists have weakened considerably in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh after Milind Teltumbde's death.'

'Modi's image is a myth.'