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"The PHFI appears to have a conflict of interest in advising the government of India and directing the immunization programme."

"PHFI is a private society cleverly disguised as a public-private partnership since some of the people in the governing body are or have been senior civil servants or public servants."

"If you want to worship Goddess Lakshmi, then worship and respect your wife who is a goddess in true sense because she fulfils the responsibility of nurturing, happiness, prosperity, food and care of your family with great devotion."

"Every child born in every religion, caste, race, colour and country of the whole world has two hands, two legs, two ears, two eyes and a nose with two holes. There is only a head, stomach and back. If a child with four hands, eight hands, ten hands, twenty hands and a thousand hands has not been born till date, then how can Lakshmi be born with four hands?"

"I don’t have any issue with Ramcharitramanas but parts of it have insulting comments and sarcasm directed at particular castes and sects. Those should be removed."

"Offering prayers to Goddess Lakshmi might be a tradition, but this is miles away from practicality. Had praying to Goddess Lakshmi made one rich, India would not have been one of the poor nations in the world. 80 crore people in the country still lead a life of poverty."

"I have worked with SP founder Mulayam Singh Yadav as well. But now those who are taking forward his legacy are not handling the socialist values appropriately. I will continue to raise my voice against those in power and forces who deprive Backward classes, Dalits, poor and the minorities."

"I want to make it clear once again that I am not against any religion or caste. If anyone says that I am anti-Brahmin, then they should show me my statement against Brahmins. However, no one has the right to insult Dalits, tribals, backwards and women in the garb of religion. Whenever there will be a statement against Dalits, backwards or women, then I would stand in front of them."

"Jaishankar has a deserved reputation for intellectual depth and gravitas to go with this his decades of experience as a career diplomat and then an articulate (but not angry) champion of India’s non-Western (but not anti-Western) perspectives."

"After the Bangalore explosion yesterday, Shakeel Ahmad, a Congress party spokesman, tweeted that if the blast was a terror attack it would "certainly help the BJP politically on the eve of election". The BJP called his remark "insensitive and inhumane"."

"We are surprised and shocked. Yesterday, it was Bangalore. Today it is Ahmedabad. This happened even after the government of India issued high alerts to all sensitive states."

"If the blast near BJP's office in Banglore is a terror attack, it will certainly help the BJP politically on the eve of election."

"Shariat is bigger for me. I keep the Quran in my heart and the Constitution in my hand. Muslims carry the Quran in their heart and the Constitution in their hand. I will first hold Shariat in my hand, then the Constitution."

"Those who are fond of eating non-vegetarian food should consume only jhatka meat. If jhatka meat is not available, they must completely avoid eating halal meat."

"Does anyone have the courage to portray the character of Prophet Muhammad in movies?"

"Bhagavad Gita should be taught in schools. We send our children to missionary schools and they get through IIT and become engineers, collectors and SPs or they go abroad. Most of them start eating beef. Why? Because we did not teach them our culture and traditional values....the values of Sravan Kumar."

"The country was divided in the name of religion. Had it been then ensured that only those who believe in Sanatana Dharma would stay back in India, we would not have to put up with abuses of people like Badruddin Ajmal and (AIMIM chief) Asaduddin Owaisi."

"Hindus’ security is the responsibility of Mamata Banerjee along with Muslims. Murshidabad violence shows Hindus are forced to flee West Bengal… It is unfortunate that this is happening in front of the state government."

"This is a gang to defame the country, Rahul (Gandhi) and Jairam Ramesh. Hindenburg defames us. We will not tolerate this insult to the nation. These people are enemies of the country. Now, strictest action will be taken against Hindenburg."

"This Shaheen Bagh is not a movement anymore. Suicide bombers are being raised here. A conspiracy is being planned against the country in the country's capital."

"The land mafia is anxious about the loss of encroached properties, while the secular mafia fears losing their manufactured monopoly over Muslim votes. It almost felt like the entire country was being declared Waqf property and handed over to a few clerics. The people of India understand both the essence of the Waqf law and the vested interests of those opposing it. This unholy alliance must stay away from riots and rioters under the pretext of protest."

"Those opposing Narendra Modi are looking at Pakistan, and such people will have place in Pakistan and not in India."

"If he was the killer of Gandhi, he (Godse) was also a saput of India. He was born in India. He was not an invader like Babar and Aurangzeb."

"What do you expect us to do? Do you want us to keep vigil on all the chaat-eating people?... We can't do anything against the international terrorist network. We can't keep the police in each house. How many chaatwallahs can we guard?... TV channels create more tension. At the Gokul Chat House 50 per cent of the people who died were Muslims."

"Soon after the blasts Chief Minister Reddy declared, 'the state government will definitely not have the wherewithal to go into this sort of intelligence operations'. His confidant, minister Mohmmad Ali Shabbir, told rediff.com, "What do you expect us to do? Do you want us to keep vigil on all the chaat-eating people?" ..."We can't do anything against the international terrorist network. We can't keep the police in each house. How many chaatwallahs can we guard?".. "TV channels create more tension. At the Gokul Chat House 50 per cent of the people who died were Muslims.""

"Anti-national elements... have been trying to disturb peace and create panic among the people in various parts of the country... I am confident that security agencies will soon be able to get to the bottom of these incidents and the culprits will be brought to book."

"The toll is likely to go up and we are just keeping our fingers crossed that everything remains calm."

"India's Home Minister Shri Shivraj Patil blamed the attack on "anti-national elements" who he said "have been trying to disturb peace and create panic among the people in various parts of the country." "The government will continue to deal firmly with such elements," Patel said in a written statement. "I am confident that security agencies will soon be able to get to the bottom of these incidents and the culprits will be brought to book.""

"“When the Constitution was drafted in 1950, the term ‘waqf’ was not even included. The Waqf Act was created in 1954 under the pretext of protecting the land of Muslims who migrated to Pakistan after the partition. According to an amendment made in 1995, the waqf can claim any land it considers its own. Other communities residing there for years cannot file a complaint in any court and can only rely on the waqf tribunal, which consists solely of Muslim members,” Minister Karandlaje said adding that in 1954, the Waqf Board had not more than 10,000 acres of land but now it has nearly 3.8 million acres."

"The Sultan risked the lives of his people for his false Shan-o-Shaukat and sent out 6.6 crore vaccines. While it could have saved countless lives here... Countries with less than half the population from India, such as the UK and USA, ordered 9 million and 100 million vaccines in May and June last year. On the other hand, India, with a population of about 135 crore, ordered 10 million vaccines in January this year, because Centre does not like to listen to the the advice of scientists and Scientific Advisor."

""In the name of 'Vaccine Friendship', the Government and BJP is indulging in misleading the country saying that it is their compulsion to send the vaccine out. Actually, this is not a compulsion. MEA's press release (19/01/21) states Keeping in view the domestic requirements of the phased rollout, India will continue to supply COVID-19 vaccines to partner countries over the coming weeks and months in a phased manner - It will be ensured that domestic manufacturers will have adequate stocks to meet domestic requirements while further abroad."

"The Congress President, Smt. Sonia Gandhi, in her previous letter to the Prime Minister, has reiterated the need to procure vaccines centrally from global and domestic sources and begin a free, universal mass vaccination campaign across the country... India is a vast country. In 70 years, we have built a reputation. The government can use that credibility to put pressure on vaccine companies and break the chain of Covid 19 Infection by vaccinating more than 60 percent of people before the 'Third Wave' arrives."

"To serve God and serve the nation are complementary: young people use given talents to serve humanity."

"People elected him to govern, they presumed the Prime Minister will rise to the occasion to help people in crisis. What has Modi done to expand vaccine production? There are 13 vaccines available in the world; has the Prime Minister talked to those manufacturers for making them available in India? Has he any concern for the people?"

"It is a matter of great sadness that India has fallen behind the 77th position among the countries of the world, in the list of administering a single dose of corona vaccine in every hundred people... It is unfortunate that India is still lagging behind as only 10.08 of the country's population has been administered with the single dose and 2.8 percent of the people got both doses. All these figures have been collected by Oxford Univers whity based on government data at ourworldindata.org. These data, based on government data, are also available on the Internet."

"In order to tackle the pandemic, scientists testified that we have to vaccinate more than 60 percent of the entire population. Therefore, there is always a need for universal vaccination in our country, that is, free vaccination for all."

"“Omar Abdullah's statement is extremely objectionable and anti-India; any amount of criticism is not enough... He is speaking in favour of such terrorists.” .. The Congress is with such anti-India statements. There is no difference between Abdullah and Congress... The people of India will not forgive this."

"Law is taking its own course. President rejected his mercy petition on 3 February and after that we started the proceedings of his execution as per jail manuals."

"All the gods were witness when I was being violated."

"Mamata Banerjee must understand that West Bengal is an inalienable part of India. Millions of revolutionaries have sacrificed their blood to secure a homeland for Bengali Hindus."

"The chief minister of Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, in a public meeting today, declared, ‘He is not a Kafir’. He considers Kafirs to be ‘darpok’ or cowards,” wrote Malviya in X. “With Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim at his side, who recently gave open call to convert everyone to Islam, Mamata Banerjee shamelessly condones abuses against non-Muslims…."

"The Congress government systematically removed constitutionally mandated SC/ST reservations from government-funded institutions like Jamia Millia Islamia (2011) and Aligarh Muslim University (1981)."

"Thus, I request to bring legislation to regulate the problem of online hate speech. The legislation should aim to detect monitor and safeguard against coordinated inauthentic behaviour, the misuse of online account bots, for the spread of hate speech and the deliberate broadcasting of fake news."

"Any law against population control will be a conspiracy against Muslims."

"The rise in the country's population is due to Dalits and tribals and not because of Muslims. It is actually an attack on Muslims in the garb of population control. If the BJP thinks only the Muslim population is increasing in the country, a bill for this law should have been brought in the Parliament so that it could be implemented throughout the country. Why is it being brought in UP?"

"Muslims have already understood not to go in for more two or three children."

"The impact of NRC in Assam was more on non-Muslims than on Muslims. The population law will also have the same fate. I fail to understand why the Yogi Adityanath government, which has barely seven months left in the office, is talking of a population control law?"

"If Congress comes to power, as our manifesto states, every woman will get Rs 1 lakh in her bank account. Women from each house will get Rs 1-1 lakh. Those who have two wives will get Rs 2 lakh."

"From Wadettiwar’s statement, it appears Congress is supporting terrorists who attacked Mumbai. More shocking is the fact that Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray has maintained silence over the episode."

"[Ujjwal Nikam, the former senior public prosecutor who fought the case against Ajmal Kasab, was a] traitor who suppressed the fact. .. It was suppressed by Ujjwal Nikam, who is a traitor. My question is, why is BJP protecting a traitor and nominating such a person for Lok Sabha polls? By doing this, BJP is protecting tractors."