"Nobody should be allowed to tinker with democracy. We will not discontinue the good works of the past government."

"I can assure you we are a responsible nuclear power."

"Unity and secularism will be the motto of the government. We can't afford divisive polity in India."

"We are a coalition government, and that limits our options in some ways. Privatization happens to be one such area."

"My top most priority is to deal with India's massive social and economic problems, so that chronic poverty, ignorance and disease can be conquered in a reasonably short period of time."

"Life is never free of contradictions."

"India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people."