Indian - Politician | September 16, 1945 -
Two successive commissioners in London police were fired by the mayor that came into office. That doesn't mean the police in London is not independent and does not exercise powers. Ultimately it is the political executive that has to answer.
P. Chidambaram
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I respect the view of a rating agency, but I do not make a budget for the rating agency. I make a budget for the people of India.
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Let me tell you, very frankly, when I went to the Harvard Business School I was more or less a committed socialist.
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'Big business' was a bad phrase in India. To be accused of being big business was the worst accusation you could make. All that has gone now. The whole mindset has changed.
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I have maintained that the people of India are ahead of their governments. The people of India are at least 10 to 15 years ahead of their governments.
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People are wiser than we are willing to attribute to them.
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Growth is a panacea for many ills in society; not entirely, but many.
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People understand what is good for them in the long run. In the long run, what is good for people is that India's economy continues to grow at clipping pace, 8% and above, that itself brings host of benefits to the people. It brings better roads, it brings better schools, brings more money to the communities, it brings more jobs.
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If you go back to any period in India's history, all the hard decisions this country had to take were taken when the Congress was in power.
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Criticism of a policy is welcome. But in the garb of criticizing a policy, if you allege that the policy was made for corrupt purposes, I reject it.
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Today, to allege corruption seems to be the pastime of most people. All kinds of allegations are leveled. I think it is self-defeating.
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Police can only act on intelligence.
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