Vishwanath Pratap Singh citations (27 citations)

Source: Rediff.com, At no point did I charge that Rajiv personally took money in the Bofors affair http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/feb/07inter.htm, rediff.com, 7 February 2004.

“I had aimed at more internal competition but this government is inviting multinationals across the [[world.”

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We are ruled by an upper caste Hindu raj

“I would be a disaster as a prime minister.”

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Source: India Today 10 quotes that said it all http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/10+quotes+that+said+it+all/1/23070.html, India Today, 19 December 2008.

“Their argument was that no one comes here to sit with prayer beads, they all have ambitions and if they are not fulfilled, they go away.”

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On accommodating the needs of other politicians.
The Lonely Punter: V.P.Singh

“I believe whoever is in power, people should fight the establishment over issues. This is the weakness of our democracy. We vote, then for five years we remain dormant. The farmers’ movement will remain but we need a formal political party to fight elections.”

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The Lonely Punter: V.P.Singh

“The visual always fascinated me. As I grew up, I slowly realized that we not only see through our eyes, but also from the heart. Feeling is living. Beauty is understanding. I was overwhelmed by the harmony of creation. My youth was one rapturous communion with nature. The ecstasy is gone but fragments of its memory, still, at times, shimmer, to give a sudden insight. My paintings are such fragments. Yes, they are fragments because my life is so.”

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Source: Sushmita Dutta Singh: The Renaissance Man (25 June 1931- 27 Nov 2008) http://zeenews.india.com/blog-print.aspx?nid=2136VP, Zeenews.com

“One thing the ruling elite should understand, if we keep driving the deprived sections of our society to the wall, we'll have more unrest. Hang V. P. Singh, but give the deprived justice. Otherwise this country will go beyond anyone's management.”

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We are ruled by an upper caste Hindu raj

“I have always been straight in my dealings, whether now or in yesteryear. There was no flip-flop/”

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Source: Rediff.com "At no point did I charge that Rajiv personally took money in the Bofors affair".

“While politics is the art of the possible, history is the art of the impossible. I have never hesitated in attempting the impossible. What is historically relevant may not be politically prudent. One has to make one’s choices.”

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The Lonely Punter: V.P.Singh

“What we have to ask is not what we have got out of it, but what we have been able to get for the poor and the oppressed. For one, equity is now on the national agenda. No party can ignore it. They now enumerate how many candidates, chief ministers, Rajya Sabha members they have fielded from the deprived sections. The same is true of the choice of President or vice-president. So we have changed the political environment.”

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On his party losing elections on the issue of reservations for backward class.
We are ruled by an upper caste Hindu raj

“As regards foreign investment, I said we have our own priorities and cannot open up so others can exploit us…Cutting red tape is one aspect of liberalisation, inviting all multinationals across the world is another thing. What I aimed at was a model of more internal competition, but resisting foreign capital.”

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We are ruled by an upper caste Hindu raj

“What struck me most was his naiveté. He was like someone in a coal mine who suddenly finds a diamond and starts exulting over it. He begins to seriously believe that it is possible to repeat the feat, so he will dig into the black soot again.”

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The Lonely Punter: V.P.Singh

“He made big news as PM by visiting to the Golden Temple asking forgiveness for Operation Bluestar, released militants in exchange of Mufti Mohammed Sayeed’s daughter, and had tussle with Reliance giant Dhirubhai Ambani.”

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VP Singh: The Renaissance Man (25 June 1931- 27 Nov 2008)

“As Chief Minister, he cracked down heavily on the dacoits, who were terrorizing the south west Uttar Pradesh. He was applauded for his offer of resignation when he failed to subdue the problem.”

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VP Singh: The Renaissance Man (25 June 1931- 27 Nov 2008)

“He was shy, with a slightly nervous laugh, but to those who knew him he fully justified his public image of honesty, being open to discussion of any aspect of his career and willing to accept criticism.”

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VP Singh: Former prime minister of India who tried to improve the lot of his country's lower castes

“He was a lonely man in politics. He was neither liked nor trusted by his colleagues because he went against the grain.”

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VP Singh: Former prime minister of India who tried to improve the lot of his country's lower castes

“His action which changed the course of Indian politics was implementation of a 10-year-old report advocating quotas in jobs and educational opportunities for those known as Other Backward Castes (OBCs)…. This action is seen as having been responsible for the rapid expansion of parties based on caste, particularly in northern India, although caste already played an important role in politics.”

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VP Singh: Former prime minister of India who tried to improve the lot of his country's lower castes

“Are we not the youth of this country? The SCs form three-fourths of the country. Then why do they say the youth are against you? You gave us something through Mandal, and the whole country pounced on us. It is not the question of 27 per cent or 10 per cent, do we have a place of even 1 per cent in the hearts of the ruling elite?”

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Backward class boys addressing him, quoted in: "We are ruled by an upper caste Hindu raj"

“Every day you are being abused by the press and by the sections that had abused us for millennia. If you stand by us, you will get your share of abuse.”

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Dalit students of JNU addressing him quoted in his interview with Javed M. Ansari and Zafar Agha in: We are ruled by an upper caste Hindu raj http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/dalits-are-a-powerful-secular-force--v.p.-singh/1/307978.html, 29 December 2012.