Naveen Patnaik Quotes

I was not with BJP's communalism agenda.

The BJP is only a front organisation. It is not a political party.

We are fighting the communal BJP on the one hand and the corrupt Congress on the other.

We are affectionate BJP and not fascist as termed by the opposition.

In Bengal, at the state level, the Congress and Left are working with the BJP. At the national level, for the greater good, we feel we must work together in Parliament.

The CPI need not worry about the BJP, which is working for people's betterment, or its coalition. Let the CPI realise that it is part of a very weak coalition.

Why should you construe that Congress and BJP are the only forces at the Centre? There could be third or fourth force.

The Congress and regional parties may fight against each other in certain states, but they will get united at the national level against BJP for forming the coalition government.

BJP was a strong force before I differed and left.

I've always believed in challenging Republicans where they think they are strongest.

I can't go out with a Republican.

I'm not tribal Labour. I'm a Liberal at heart. Different tradition, different language.

I'm also politically independent so I'm not a fan of either the Democrats in Congress or the Republicans in Congress.

You see, to me, it doesn't really matter if an elected official has a D or an R behind her name, or his name. I honestly don't give a damn about who belongs to either political party.

Our party cannot be all things to all people. It can't be. Our loudest opponents on the left are never going to like us so let's stop trying to curry favor with them.

It's not politically incorrect to say you're Republican or conservative.

Men have differed in opinion and been divided into parties by these opinions from the first origin of societies, and in all governments where they have been permitted freely to think and to speak. The same political parties which now agitate the U.S. have existed through all time.

You could never write for me. You're too liberal. But you're fine for Jack.

I was never a Democrat but there are some Republicans who think I ought to be.

We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists

When I am asked whether the division between the left and the right still has any meaning, the first thought that comes to my mind is that the person who asks the question is not on the left.

When I'll... form a government, I don't intend to cooperate with those who go against the State of Israel.

If I told you I was a Republican and you were a Democrat, no matter what I said after that, it would be tempered with your opinions.

My aim is to project that the BJP is not only an alternative but a better alternative to the Congress.

BJP doesn't practice the culture of stopping schemes of previous governments.