Quotes from Amarinder Singh

The spirit of cooperation between the Centre and states has been diluted in many ways.

We can bring diversification through industry.

Administrative failures can lead to severe political crisis - Parkash Singh Badal is a perfect example.

It is not my job, as Chief Minister, to probe crimes or pronounce anyone guilty. My priority lies in bringing Punjab out of the chaos in which it has been left by the previous government.

If a farmer is happy within a corporate set-up, he can choose that. If he is happy with his arthiya, he can stick with that.

India's lifeline is the farmers and its agriculture system, and destroying them would mean an end for the country's food security and self-sufficiency.

Punjabi farmers are very enterprising, but they need to know where to sell the produce and what the end cost will be.

This Hindi-Cheeni Bhai Bhai sloganeering is just a farce, and China has never seriously meant it. Their territorial ambitions are known to the world, and are evident in their actions on land, sea, and in the air, along every border of that country.

If the Government can talk to China, which has been infiltrating into our territories and grabbing our land for months now, why should they suspend talks with their own farmers, our own people?

Every member of the Congress has access to the top leadership. It is not a question of proximity but if somebody shares a personal equation with any of the leaders it is really no reason for concern or insecurity as long as it is not at the cost of merit and performance.

There are no jobs. People out of sheer frustration say we've seen the Akalis, we've seen the Congress, let's give these guys a chance.

I am thankful to the Almighty that I have been able to sustain with the support of my colleagues and Punjabis within and outside the state.

When I became the CM in 2002, I had to quit the boards of some institutions, where I was a member.

Those who indulged in the violence at Red Fort were not genuine farmers but some anti-social elements.

You can't desecrate Guru Granth Sahib, Gita or Quran.

We have to penalize those who desecrated Guru Granth Sahib.

You know the fact is that whenever there is a celebration for a person as great as Guru Nanakji, it is done by the government.

Punjab has to tighten its belt and increase its revenue.

I speak my heart out. My outspokenness and forthrightness won hearts.

Till 1966 when the Green Revolution came to Punjab, nobody grew this crop. Only when farmers saw money in it, did they start rice cultivation.

While we do not want war, we will not tolerate any bullying by Beijing.

We have found Kashmiri terrorists in Punjab. How are we expected to tolerate all this?

See in old days, there were only two parties nationally, Congress and BJP... Now there are regional leaders. Time has come to pick up regional leaders in these national parties and build political campaign around them who can challenge regional parties.

We must decentralize to deal with regional satraps.