A government can do only what is feasible given the political and economic context.

I have maintained that the people of India are ahead of their governments. The people of India are at least 10 to 15 years ahead of their governments.

Today, to allege corruption seems to be the pastime of most people. All kinds of allegations are leveled. I think it is self-defeating.

Criticism of a policy is welcome. But in the garb of criticizing a policy, if you allege that the policy was made for corrupt purposes, I reject it.

Independence is a very subjective assessment.

If you go back to any period in India's history, all the hard decisions this country had to take were taken when the Congress was in power.

What we will become depends on us