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We welcome the remote control of Thackeray or Vajpayee, if the end result is a blessing.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Manohar Joshi

Hindutva has unfortunately been interpreted as a movement to annihilate Muslims. It's not so. Hindutva doesn't mean fighting Muslims or driving them out of India.
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray

You can buy gold, but can you purchase onions?
AIADMK chief J Jayalalitha

Who is not corrupt? Who is not a thief, so why only single out this lady (Jayalalitha)?
A woman in Arakonam, Tamil Nadu

Everything is fair in love and war. It is true that we want to exploit the negative feeling among the farmers for our electoral gains. But at the same time, we have taken up their cause.
Congress candidate from Cuddapah Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy

It is essential to have young blood in the party and we know how the Communists lost due to lack of youngsters. Now with Rahul and Sonia having come to the forefront of party affairs, the youth will definitely get more and more opportunities in the party.
Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy

I do admit that it is not a cakewalk for us. Every vote and every seat counts for us. In fact, one major reason why we fell short of an absolute majority last time was over confidence. There was a kind of complacency and the necessary work was not done.
BJP prime ministerial candidate Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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