I believe India and Israel should focus on building bilateral relations on the basis of shared perspectives and commonalities between our two democracies. This has to be a forward-looking exercise rather than harking back to perceptions of the past.
India has a consistent and well-known position on terrorism. We oppose all acts of terrorism, wherever they occur. We have repeatedly said that no cause can justify violence and destruction, particularly aimed at civilians.
Our objective should be to firmly deal with terrorism and its sponsors, financiers, and arms suppliers. At the same time, our doors should always be open for processes which would restore peace, development, and progress to societies which have been devastated by terrorism over many generations.
Our words, actions, and diplomatic efforts should be aimed at trying to achieve pragmatic goals rather than creating rhetorical effect.
For development, peace is essential.
Creative universities are bedrock of every developed nation's S&T strategy.
We have ended hunger, but now we have to end famine.
India helped Bangladesh to achieve independence. The Bangladeshis should remain happy inside the territory of their own country.
We used to fight with Pakistan with bombs. Now we are fighting with them on the playing ground.
No one can be considered untouchable on political grounds.
The regional parties have emerged as a strong force, and they, too, deserve a place in national politics.
Labour reforms are not anti-worker.
I am often accused of colluding with the British during the freedom struggle. I want to ask, how?
If Advaniji did not want, I would never have been Prime Minister.
It requires an effort of logical acrobatics to believe that carnage of innocents is an instrument for freedom and elections are a symbol of deception and repression!
If the elections are a mere fraud, why are terrorists being trained and infiltrated into India at the command of the Inter-Services Intelligence Agency of Pakistan to kill election candidates and to intimidate voters?
If Pakistan claims to be a crucial partner in the international coalition against terrorism, how can it continue to use terrorism as an instrument of state policy against India?
Whatever understanding is reached with Pakistan has to be followed honestly, and everybody will have to rise above party politics and be actively committed to make India prosperous.
The BJP decides its own policies.
Who can forget that in critical times of war in 1962, 1965 and 1971, Naga underground organisations did not fire on the Indian Army? They showed restraint.
