Quotes from Amarinder Singh

Delhi is a Punjabi city and everyone has relations in Punjab.

I have a hostile country on my western border. On the north of us, we have China. These two countries are going to collude.

Putting money into a cenotaph is not really worth it.

Narendra Modi doesn't exist in Punjab, neither are national issues relevant here.

Punjab makes up 2 per cent of India's population and yet it produces 40 per cent of the nation's food pool. Even now, if tomorrow there is famine, it will be the Punjabi farmer who saves you. So, don't rely on the plenty of today, there may be a paucity tomorrow. Don't write Punjab off.

Khasla College came up 125 years ago. People gave their land and various states, including Nabha, Patiala, Jind and Kapurthala, made contributions for setting up the college. My grandfather and father remained its chancellor.

The fiscal crisis faced by the states especially in the light of the pandemic could lead to serious problems between the Centre and states going forward unless some Constitutional remedy is found.

Arun Jaitely challenged me to a debate on national affairs, but when I said he should include Amritsar and Punjab in the discussion, he shied away. He didn't agree because he doesn't know much about Punjab.

In 1947, who was the PM? In 1962, who was the PM? Similarly, in 1965 and 1971, who was the PM? We divided Pakistan. Indira Gandhi did it but she never said 'I got it done.'

With industrial revival, I see a lot of jobs coming in for the youth of Punjab.

Intelligence inputs are not something one can talk about.

We have had 10 years of bad governance, and we may not recover if another bad government is elected.

It has become a big tragedy in a way: if somebody's parents has 2 acres, they get them to sell the land and send them abroad. They go abroad and leave their parents in the lurch. It is becoming a big problem. That is why we are concentrating on industrialization of Punjab so that we can create jobs here and keep our children here.

There are critical issues facing us, including handling transportation of lakhs of migrants, completing harvest and procurement on time, supporting poor and needy, and above all, combating the spread of the pandemic.

In five years of my previous tenure, the treasury was never shut for one day.

If you are an addict yourself, how are you going to fight drugs? That's why the dope test is compulsory for Punjab Police personnel and youngsters joining, regardless of what newspapers are saying that women should be exempted.

I think we should be very careful in our choice of putting out news which should not create a situation where the morale of our troops goes down.

We made the mistake of trusting the Chinese and then compounded it by allowing our men to go out to face them with their hands literally tied behind their backs. Galwan was a totally avoidable tragedy.

The Chinese are just not trustworthy, as we have seen before.

Anyone who feels I am going soft on the drugs menace has not checked out the facts nor seen the situation on the ground.

No matter what Akalis say; they squandered money on 'sangat darshans' and finished off everything - land sold, building sold and earnings of undertakings like the Mandi Board mortgaged for seven years.

While the peace process should continue, India must not lower its guard. We can't allow our people, soldiers and police to be killed by militants from across the border - Pakistan needs to own up responsibility.

The BJP lacks the sense of history.

Revival of investor confidence and industrial development is, in my opinion, one of the biggest achievements of my government, given the financial mess which we have inherited from the erstwhile Akali government.