Sharad Pawar Quotations

In politics one should not expect big jumps. Everything takes time.

In my long innings, I have seen many sunrises and many sunsets; many good and bad times.

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

BJP is a national party which runs the central government, and if I can take a decision on the future of all these parties, I must be a capable person. I am grateful that everybody is accepting my capability.

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

I might be popular, but that is not sufficient in a parliamentary democracy set-up. One has to assess every chief minister, his success and rating in terms of how far he has succeeded in developing his colleagues.

I think criticism of good work should stop somewhere.

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

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.

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

I didn't leave the Congress; I was expelled.

The Gandhi family has a tradition of being good hosts. When you call upon them, they treat you with a lot of respect.

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

Globally, the highest number of irrigation projects are in India, and within the country, the highest number is in Maharashtra.

I have been worried about the future of Mumbai. It is the financial capital, an economic powerhouse that earlier had the highest air traffic, high port traffic, and strong industrial and manufacturing sectors.

One should not treat investors or a person who has set up an industry and is a successful businessman as criminals in this country. I am fully aware that everybody has a right to succeed, and success should be with ethics.

Our policies for increasing agricultural production and productivity have been scale neutral; that is, our policies are equally effective irrespective of the size of the holdings.

Sena under the leadership of Uddhav Thackeray has failed. It is a party on the decline, and that decline started the day Maharashtra Navnirman Sena was formed.

We will primarily focus on affordable housing, water supply and transport infrastructure, as these are critical for Mumbai. Infrastructure deficit is an issue in all urban areas.

We want to close this chapter here and we do not want to take the issue any further.

We share Pakistan's stance on this. India also does not support a Twenty20 world tournament.

When the selection committee took the decision, they conveyed it to me. It was a unanimous decision.... I don't want to interfere in the selection process.

Seventy-five percent of the revenue will go to the earthquake affected people in Pakistan, while 25 percent will go to affected Indians.

More information on the earlier lines was placed before the working committee by the treasurer. The matter was discussed and it was decided to leave the matter to the discretion of the president.

New Delhi and Bombay and have some existing corporate agreements.

I have spoken to the cricket board presidents of the other Test nations from Asia (Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh) and have reached an understanding.

If the contract does not prohibit him from going to court, he is free to do so. Otherwise he cannot.

There is a full-fledged selection committee which is competent enough to pick the team.

He is such a good player. I have never said he should retire.

It is not easy to ignore a bid when India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh decide to come together.

Our claim is a rightful one. The South Asian region has four of the 10 Test-playing nations and a large part of the money earned from cricket comes from here, so there is good reason that every third World Cup be held here. Our proposal is not about India alone. To see matches being held in more countries would mean more crowd participation.

The Asia Cup will be played in September 2007.

The Asia Cup, which was to be held next month in Pakistan was postponed and it has now been decided that it will be staged in Pakistan in September 2007.

The Asia Cup has been postponed till 2007 september.

We have some very good neutral venues like California, United Arab Emirates and Holland where there are a large number of expatriates of both countries and they would love to watch their cricketing heroes.

The decision to drop him was taken by the selectors and they made the decision keeping the best interests of the team in mind.

We have been invited to play two Tests and three one-day internationals in Bangladesh and the tour would take place after the World Cup.

With such high income, the associations should pledge to improve the standard of the game and also give better facilities to players so that they remain with the sport, grow with it and can make a living out of it.

Yes, we have heard about this, but it has only happened in limited pockets and is not a serious nationwide issue. In the total milk production and cattle across the country, there are only a handful of such cases.

Yes we have decided to organize Test matches between India and Pakistan after every two years on the lines of Ashes.

We all want to resolve issues and organize a successful Champions Trophy in India this year, but some venues have contractual obligations.

We will play the matches at a neutral venue in April this year and 75 percent of the proceeds will go to earthquake victims of Pakistan and the rest to the people affected in India.

This unfortunately has broken that and for the sake of the game I think it would be better if it did go around in order.

We have discussed this matter jointly and we feel that given the massive following for the game in South Asia it is apt we bid jointly for the World Cup.

We have decided to make a joint bid for Asia.

These are the worst hit places where the incidence of suicides are exceptionally high. While concerned states have already announced relief measures, the gravity of the problem has made the Centre chip in with financial assistance.

Some progress has been made but much more needs to be done.

It looks like that he is definitely a proper person who should be included (in the team). What was appearing in the papers was that he was not cooperating and his relationship with his colleagues was not good. I myself went to his senior colleagues and there is not a single complaint against him. And whatever reports appeared in the media is unfair on any player and especially for the person who has got victories for India.

The next executive committee meeting will be held in Sri Lanka in the second week of May. The annual general meeting will be held in Kuala Lumpur in the second week of June.

The two matches will be played on April 18 and 19 with the 75% of earnings from the first match going to the relief funds of the earthquake in Pakistan and India.

I'm confident our players would earn and create goodwill.

The four Test nations from Asia have reached an understanding and a written bid will be made in the next few days.

The funds from the first game will be distributed among the quake victims with 75 percent going to those affected in Pakistan.

The Congress is a power-oriented party.

Whatever I feel, I say frankly.

Marriage is no substitute for political experience.

I am used to controversies.