Quote hanger: Funny and silly
- Freedom of expression was abundant in the way political leaders spoke their minds in public.
- Congress leader called party MP Meenakshi Natarajan as ‘100% tunch maal’ (Colloquially used to commodify women as sexy items)
- Congress leader Digvijay Singh drew ire of the BJP for his remarks against former BJP minister Raghvji, who was arrested on sodomy charges.
- Bollywood's one-time dreamgirl Hema Malini to voters: “If you ensure BJP’s victory in your constituency, then I will visit your area next as ‘Sitapur Ki Geeta (One of her box office hits)."
- Rajnath Singh, BJP general secretary: “Our PM (Manmohan Singh) is a magician. He can make a thing disappear by simply putting his hand on it. That is how the coal files vanished. Now, potatoes and onions have started vanishing from the market."
- Rahul said, "If India is computer, Congress its default program."
- Modi demonstrated to college students by holding up a glass of water.
- He said that while addressing NSUI and Youth Congress members.
- That was Rahul's take on infrastructure situation in the country where, he said, the leaders were sitting on an unstoppable tide of human aspiration.
- At a business conclave in April 2013, he felt that the challenge is to harness this hive of energy with better infrastructure and education for all its 1.2 bullion people.
- Days after the Cabinet sought not to disqualify the convicted MPs and allow them to contest polls, Rahul in a public outburst slammed it in harsh words.
- At a rally in Jhansi in UP on Oct 25, Modi told the gathering: "If you give BJP even 60 months, we will change the face & fate of the nation."
- Days later, the earlier poll quote was reworked this way.
- Already in poll mode, Rahul wanted to try a slogan and that came on September 11 at a rally in tribal-dominated Udaipur.
- An optimistic statement by Rahul at Baran Rajasthan, on September 18, bore a special significance as it was made days after Narendra Modi was anointed BJP's PM candidate.
- Apparently, his bombastic theory was aimed at BSP supremo Mayawati.
- On October 8, 2013, Rahul Gandhi addressed a gathering of dalits and he wanted them to know that they need to put in some extra effort to ensure their empowerment.
- Rahul struck an emotional chord on October 23 when he made this statement. But BJP criticised the statement.
- After the newest Aam Admi Party won 28 seats in Delhi assembly polls against veteran Congress' 8 seats, Congress V-P Rahul Gandhi made a student-like statement: "We will learn from them (AAP) and we will involve people in a way that no one has ever
Freedom of expression was abundant in the way political leaders spoke their minds in public.
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