A government is one that thinks and hears the voice of the poor. A government must live for the poor.

Good governance is not fire-fighting or crisis-management. Instead of opting for ad-hoc solutions the need of the hour is to tackle the root cause of the problems.

The Indian voter today is very mature. He votes in one fashion in the Lok Sabha elections, he votes in a different manner in the State Assembly elections. We have seen this. In 2014, the General Elections conincided with the Odisha Assembly elections. The same electorate gave one judgement for Odisha and another judgement for Delhi. So this country's voter is very mature and we should trust his maturity.

I don't carry the burden of the past or the madness of the future. I live in the present.

If I talk about coal, people will start equating my statements with a political angle. This is not a platform for politics, I'm not making any allegations on anyone.

We have to fight terror in one voice, rising above politics. That is when the common people will feel secure.

It is important how we view the youth of our nation. To simply consider them as new age voters will be a big mistake. They are the new age power.