Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Amarinder Singh - Page 2

You may have Leftist ideologies, southern Punjab always had a leftist ideology.

Narendra Modi doesn't exist in Punjab, neither are national issues relevant here.

Akalis are going to be down in the dumps, they and the BJP, whether they stay together or fight separately.

The social media of Aam Aadmi Party was the best and they wove such a wonderful net that even I started wondering that they seem to be very strong.

You can't desecrate Guru Granth Sahib, Gita or Quran.

The spirit of cooperation between the Centre and states has been diluted in many ways.

The Indian Army is as powerful, if not more, than the Chinese.

If Punjab could remain unaffected by the Hindutva plank and vote for development agenda, then the tide can, and will, turn in other states too.

Khasla College came up 125 years ago. People gave their land and various states, including Nabha, Patiala, Jind and Kapurthala, made contributions for setting up the college. My grandfather and father remained its chancellor.

When I became the CM in 2002, I had to quit the boards of some institutions, where I was a member.

Companies such as Wipro and Infosys are giving good jobs and salaries.

Arun Jaitely challenged me to a debate on national affairs, but when I said he should include Amritsar and Punjab in the discussion, he shied away. He didn't agree because he doesn't know much about Punjab.

We want to give unemployment allowance and it is just a question of time and fund availability.

Modi's impact on Punjab is zero because of large-scale corruption.

We made the mistake of trusting the Chinese and then compounded it by allowing our men to go out to face them with their hands literally tied behind their backs. Galwan was a totally avoidable tragedy.

We didn't lose the Punjab State elections for any other reason but the fact that seats were wrongly allocated.

This Hindi-Cheeni Bhai Bhai sloganeering is just a farce, and China has never seriously meant it. Their territorial ambitions are known to the world, and are evident in their actions on land, sea, and in the air, along every border of that country.

As a Sikh, I would say that the opening of the Kartarpur corridor is a positive sign for millions, but I am still not very sure of Pakistani designs.

We have to penalize those who desecrated Guru Granth Sahib.

We must decentralize to deal with regional satraps.

I think we should be very careful in our choice of putting out news which should not create a situation where the morale of our troops goes down.

Government better be on its toes. I have been warning them for a long time that Pakistan is trying to infiltrate the borders. Their weapons are coming in.

Maize is used both as fodder and grain in the state. A large number of fodder-baled silage units have come up in Punjab, which take maize crop from the farmers at reasonable price and turn it into baled silage.

In five years of my previous tenure, the treasury was never shut for one day.

The Chinese are just not trustworthy, as we have seen before.

I had a very warm and cordial relationship with the then former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee when I was the chief minister for the first time.

If a farmer is happy within a corporate set-up, he can choose that. If he is happy with his arthiya, he can stick with that.

You have to live. I cannot say you cut off your income and become corrupt.

We have found Kashmiri terrorists in Punjab. How are we expected to tolerate all this?

Green Revolution 1.0 came in 1966-67. I was a farmer then myself. Back then, we were getting food from wherever there was a surplus, Australia, the U.S., Canada. We signed an agreement with Americans and were getting wheat from them.

There are critical issues facing us, including handling transportation of lakhs of migrants, completing harvest and procurement on time, supporting poor and needy, and above all, combating the spread of the pandemic.

I also welcomed the Kartarpur corridor. I think it is a good step but I can't go to Pakistan when terrorist acts are being carried out here.

No matter what Akalis say; they squandered money on 'sangat darshans' and finished off everything - land sold, building sold and earnings of undertakings like the Mandi Board mortgaged for seven years.

I have a hostile country on my western border. On the north of us, we have China. These two countries are going to collude.

All states have to be on board with the common objective of checking supply of various types of drugs.

I am not striking any note. I am just putting the facts before the people, that it is the Pakistan Army which is spreading terror in India, sending terrorists to Punjab, and I won't stand for it.

When somebody starts going down, rats start leaving the sinking ship.

I represent a state that accounts for most of the food production in India.

It is unfortunate that people chose the star power of Sunny Deol over the hard work of Sunil Jakhar. Maybe our democracy is yet to become evolved to separate the wheat from the chaff.

The fiscal crisis faced by the states especially in the light of the pandemic could lead to serious problems between the Centre and states going forward unless some Constitutional remedy is found.