Quotes from Amarinder Singh

Companies such as Wipro and Infosys are giving good jobs and salaries.

We didn't lose the Punjab State elections for any other reason but the fact that seats were wrongly allocated.

As a Sikh, I would say that the opening of the Kartarpur corridor is a positive sign for millions, but I am still not very sure of Pakistani designs.

The reason I vouched for reopening liquor vends despite the pandemic was that there was no other source of revenue than excise duty.

I was horrified to visit our universities and find that at the Punjab Agriculture University or at the Animal and Husbandry University, we don't have scientists.

If Punjab could remain unaffected by the Hindutva plank and vote for development agenda, then the tide can, and will, turn in other states too.

Akalis are going to be down in the dumps, they and the BJP, whether they stay together or fight separately.

I don't believe in death penalty even though my background is soldiering.

I had a very warm and cordial relationship with the then former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee when I was the chief minister for the first time.

All states have to be on board with the common objective of checking supply of various types of drugs.

When I was in the Western Command from 1964 to 1967, I think 100 strikes must have happened. They just have given it a new name 'surgical strikes.' We used to call it cross border raid.

Industry has left Punjab. Economy has collapsed.

This whole business of calling farmers all kinds of cheap names, such as Khalistanis, Urban Naxalites, was resorted to by BJP to weaken and damage the farmers' battle against the farm laws.

Government better be on its toes. I have been warning them for a long time that Pakistan is trying to infiltrate the borders. Their weapons are coming in.

The Modi government says the farm laws will open agriculture to the corporate world. Who says this not already open to corporate sector? In Punjab, we have Pepsi and ITC buying potatoes. All my kinnows from Hoshiarpur and Ferozepur are going to Chennai. The system is already open.

The BJP has been trampling over democratic and constitutional principles since it came to power at the Centre in 2014.

We have controlled the law and order to ensure that the people of Punjab can live and breathe in peace, without fear.

You have to live. I cannot say you cut off your income and become corrupt.

I also welcomed the Kartarpur corridor. I think it is a good step but I can't go to Pakistan when terrorist acts are being carried out here.

As the Prime Minister of India, Modiji is as much responsible for the welfare of Punjab as I am and his political affiliations are really not material when it comes to the betterment of any State or its people, including Punjab.

When I left the army and took up farming, the wheat crop would be over your head and yet we wouldn't have enough.

Green Revolution 1.0 came in 1966-67. I was a farmer then myself. Back then, we were getting food from wherever there was a surplus, Australia, the U.S., Canada. We signed an agreement with Americans and were getting wheat from them.

Every farmer in Punjab grows paddy and wheat besides cotton in the south western districts.

It is unfortunate that people chose the star power of Sunny Deol over the hard work of Sunil Jakhar. Maybe our democracy is yet to become evolved to separate the wheat from the chaff.