If a politician is a successful administrator, certainly he has got every right to administer cricket.
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.
Women have a better understanding of social issues, and better representation gives them an opportunity to address these issues.
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.
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.
I am used to controversies.
Who knows controversies better than me? The controversies always chase people who are active and decision makers.
I have always believed in cordial relationship with political parties and their leaders.
I believe in decentralized democracy.
Ethanol is a long-term solution that will take time.
I didn't leave the Congress; I was expelled.
For running a country, team work is important, and the person at the helm has to enjoy teamwork.
I am worried about development in the field of information technology, communication, etc. So you cannot say that I have become inactive.
In my long innings, I have seen many sunrises and many sunsets; many good and bad times.
False perceptions are being created about me without an iota of proof.
Globally, the highest number of irrigation projects are in India, and within the country, the highest number is in Maharashtra.
I was never sent to Kashmir on any secret mission. I want to make that position clear.
I feel proud when a player from Jammu and Kashmir plays for India. This shows cricket has reached all corners of the country.
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.
How can any person with a myopic view and harbouring intense parochial attitude even think of leading the nation?
