I believe less in my ability & more in the ability of the one who comes to meet me. That's the speciality of my work style.

A major institutional reform is the move away from merely planning, to transforming India. The setting up of NITI Aayog, is a step in this direction.

Keeping technology at the forefront, we need to further speed up our defence programme & keep pace with the world.

I challenge the challenges. I like to face the problems. I don't run away from them. Whatever loss I have to face it, I face it.

In a democracy, everyone has the right to criticise the Government.

Mahatma Gandhi never compromised on cleanliness. He gave us freedom. We should give him a clean India.

I would especially like to appeal to my country's media that we should stop looking at everything in India from the prism of Pakistan. India is an independent country. It is a country of 125 crore people. Whenever it approaches any country, it will only be concerned about its own interests. It has been our biggest shortcoming and mistake that we have been tagging ourselves with another country and trying to do things.