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" There is an urgent need for the Central government to take the lead in ensuring health and nutrition service delivery. "

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" I have never applied for a share in Tehelka. "

" The media can allege corruption, but if I do the same against the media, I am gagging freedom of expression. "

" I believe a true Hindu in India could never have endorsed the killing of the Mahatma. "

" How do you trust a prime minister who said one thing before the elections and does exactly the opposite after the elections? "

" Public figures will get public criticism, and they should be tolerant enough to take it. "

" Internet governance is an oxymoron. The Internet must govern itself. But you can't play cricket without any rules. "

" I have no personal ambitions. I consider it a great privilege to have been given an opportunity to serve, through the Congress party, the people of India. I think that itself is a great reward. I have no personal ambitions in that regard. "

" The overreach of the judiciary can be attributed to, one, the inability of the executive to deliver; and two, the tendency to issue judicial pronouncements for national good. The second element is dangerous because that's the function of the government. "

" To fix India's healthcare scenario, what is most needed is 'systems thinking.' For far too long, India has followed a vertical approach in its health sector, which translated into disease-specific national programmes being set up. "

" India should be an exporter of technology. "

" Politics runs in every human being, and so does music. "

" All of us have a romantic streak in us. That's why we are fallible, aren't we? "

" When you have a limited resource and you have a lot of people wanting that resource, then those who get more justify as to why they got more, and those who get less say they have been treated badly. "

" Yes, the state must intervene to prevent the exploitation of poor Indian women who are enticed or coerced into surrogacy, as well as to protect the rights of surrogate children. However, it should also be empathetic to individuals with alternative lifestyles who are well within their legal and human rights to demand access to surrogacy services. "

" We are great believers in the idea that the Internet can help bring justice, but justice varies from place to place across the world. "

" Ownership is a very complex judicial concept. "

" How do you trust a government whose people are proved to be untrustworthy? "

" The optimal use of natural resources can be made only if there is a well-thought-out policy framework for their exploitation towards a particular end use. "

" When I took over the ministry for science and technology, our weather systems were in shambles. Nobody believed in the IMD. Nothing was in digital mode. I changed all that. We got automatic rain gauges, automatic weather stations, Doppler radars. "

" If the Planning Commission said those who live above Rs 5,000 a month are not at poverty line, obviously there is something wrong with the definition of poverty in this country. How can anybody live at Rs 5,000? "

" The fabric of our Constitution and our civilisational culture is based on tolerance. "

" I am a lawyer by profession. "

" If you have decisions taken from time to time at the level of the executives, which gives the impression of being discriminatory, if you are not open when government is functioning, then obviously people will make allegations. "

" The justice delivery system needs structural change. It needs fresh vision and innovative solutions. "

" It would be a matter of concern for government if intrusive data capture has been deployed against Indian citizens or government infrastructure. "

" If there are malpractices in sports, part of the solution lies in the organisations themselves taking a very strong view and cleaning up the mess from within. "

" Ever since Modi became prime minister, he has given a free rein to his ministers and BJP functionaries to create an environment of communal tension and violence. "

" If two people cannot live together, both should have the right to opt out of the marriage. In an ideal world, that would be an acceptable solution. "

" I came into politics by accident. I may go out of politics by accident. "

" The DNA of a true Hindu is liberal. We are, by essence, liberal. "