Whether some may like it or not, I am still the farmer that I was born as and will continue to be one.

If an industrialist can sell his products anywhere in India and the world, why should a farmer not be allowed to do so?

Emotionally, a person is tied to the land of his birth. It's only human.

I could never muster the courage to speak to girls in my college in Pune. Most of them were Parsis and spoke English. I came from a village and could barely converse in English.

I entered politics in 1967; since then, continuously, I am getting elected... Fortunately I never lost the elections.

I am used to controversies.

I am fully aware that everybody has a right to succeed, and success should be with ethics.