“I do not rule out the possibility of being prime minister of India one day, but there is still time.”

— Lalu Prasad Yadav

In an interview to Siddharth Srivastava ( India's man for all seasons, Asia Times, September 29, 2004, 2006-05-29 http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/FI29Df02.html,).

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "I do not rule out the possibility of being prime minister of India one day, but there is still time." by Lalu Prasad Yadav?

Lalu Prasad Yadav12

Indian politician 1948

Related quotes

“He has been doing a wonderful job in guiding India even prior to being the prime minister along the path of extraordinary economic growth. That is a marvel, I think, for all of the world.”

Manmohan Singh (1932) 13th Prime Minister of India

Barack Obama, as quoted in "Manmohan Singh is a wise, wonderful man: Obama" http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-04-04/india/28002745_1_obama-climate-change-wonderful-man, The Times of India (4 April 2009)

“I think male Prime Ministers one day will come back into fashion!”

Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013) British stateswoman and politician

TV Interview for TV-AM (30 December 1988) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/107022 <br class="br">Third term as Prime Minister

“I want to write to the Guinness Book of World Records that Manmohan Singh is the only Prime Minister of India among the eleven Prime Ministers that the country had who has not won even a municipal election. What is he going to tell me? Manmohan Singh is a nominated Prime Minister. He is not a representative of the people of India.”

Manmohan Singh (1932) 13th Prime Minister of India

Natwar Singh, former External Affairs Minister, "Manmohan hasn't even won an election: Natwar" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Manmohan-hasnt-even-won-an-election-Natwar/articleshow/1878602.cms, The Times of India (9 August 2009)

“There are lots of other folk, including in the Cabinet who could easily be prime minister, I am not one of them. I could not be prime minister, I am not equipped to be prime minister, I don’t want to be prime minister.”

Michael Gove (1967) British politician

Speaking on The World at One radio programme (2012)
2012

“I ruled out any discussions on the subject [on the constitutional issue of raising any issue on the exchange of letters between Prime Minister and the President, in the Parliament], upholding the principle of confidentiality of communication between the President and the Prime Minister …a significant constitutional precedent.”

R. Venkataraman (1910–2009) seventh Vice-President of India and the 8th President of India

Source: Commissions and Omissions by Indian Presidents and Their Conflicts with the Prime Ministers Under the Constitution: 1977-2001, P.128.

“This, my friends, is the Jaziya that non-Muslims pay in "free" India, one governed by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Hajpayee.”

Varsha Bhosle (1956–2012) Singer, Columnist

Varsha Bhosle: The Jaziya that Hindus yet pay http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/aug/28varsha.htm. See also https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other//articleshow/16969076.cms and Bhosle's definition: 'Hajpayee = Atal Bihari Vajpayee, for forcing non-Muslims to subsidise the Hajj' https://www.rediff.com/news/2001/apr/19varsha.htm

“If one day I have a stroke, then that will tell me that being ROC Culture Minister is not worth it for me. As long as I am still in this position, I will definitely do my best until one day when I decide that it is not worth it anymore.”

Lung Ying-tai (1952) Taiwanese politician

Lung Ying-tai (2013) cited in " PTS row 'worst' int'l scandal: Lung http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2013/05/23/379324/PTS-row.htm" on The China Post, 23 May 2013

“In the first 48 to 72 hours, no one including the Prime Minister turned up at Rashtrapati Bhavan to brief the President as is the convention even now in India.”

Zail Singh (1916–1994) Indian politician and former President of India

Giani Zail Singh's daughter [Dr. Gurdeep Kaur] says PM, govt ignored his pleas for help

“So I thought my first Prime Ministers Question time I'd do in a slightly different way and I'm sure the Prime Minister's going to absolutely welcome this as he welcomed this idea in 2005 but something has seemed to have happened to his memory during that period. So I sent out an email to thousands of people and asked them what questions they would like to put to the Prime Minister, and I recieved forty thousand replies.”

Jeremy Corbyn (1949) British Labour Party politician

Speech http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/16/pmqs-jeremy-corbyn-verdict Jeremy Corbyn makes his debut as leader of the opposition (16 September 2015). <br class="br">2000s

“Hegde, as a Brahmin was not prepared to see a dark-skinned farmer of a low caste become the Prime Minister of India”

H. D. Deve Gowda (1933) Indian politician

His retort to Hegde’s remark that he was not fit to become Prime Minister and that he did not know the Map of India.
Source: Gopal K. Kadekodi, et al., "Development in Karnataka: Challenges of Governance, Equity, and Empowerment".

“I do not rule out the possibility of being prime minister of India one day, but there is still time.”

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Lalu Prasad Yadav12

Related quotes

Related topics