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• I had told Soniaji a number of times that I won't live long. It should not happen that I go and there is a vacuum.
Sitaram Kesri

• There are no good women candidates in the Shiv Sena.
Bal Thackeray

• The Congress will not project anyone s its candidate for the prime ministership.
Ghulam Nabi Azad

• I would not like to see Akali flags at the prime minister's election meetings in Jalandhar.
CPI--M General Secretary Harkishen Singh Surjeet

• Kashi and Mathura will never on the BJP's agenda
BJP MP Uma Bharati

• We will never indulge in the politics of betrayal and opportunism. We will stand by the BJP through thick and thin.
Punjab Chief Minister and Akali Dal leader Parkash Singh Badal

• The AIADMK is now Advani DMK.
TMC leader G K Moopanar

• Will Mr Moopanar agree if the TMC is described as the Tamil Maanila Karunanidhi Party?
AIADMK leader Jayalalitha

• Hamara lanthan itna bik rahan hai, is liye kerasan tel ka sartage ho gaya hai (our lanterns are selling briskly, that's why there's a shortage of kerosene).

Rashtriya Janata Dal activist explains the correlation between the party symbol and the kerosene shortage in the state

• We were brahmins as long as we supported the V P Singh government and suddenly became untouchable dalits when we withdrew support.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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