Rajnath Singh Quotes

I joked at our National Convention that our party was nominating a candidate for president who was charismatic, larger than life, memorable, so they wanted to balance the ticket.

So the result was that as one approached a political convention for most of the 19th century and for most of the 20th century until the 1960's, part of the drama was the fact that you didn't know ultimately who was going to be the nominee at the end of that convention week.

One of the problems we saw in the last presidential election in our party is that our nominee, while winning the election, which we ought never to forget, often lost sight of the difference between strategy and tactics.

Individuals have little opportunity to get elected to Parliament under the label of the government party... unless they are in good standing with the Prime Minister and pledged to be cooperative.

I may not be the favourite candidate of some people within the Republican establishment, but the voters made a decision.

A caucus is basically an undemocratic method of selecting a candidate.

The political parties have no role except to stage the conventions, where you celebrate a decision that's already been made elsewhere.

Referring to the 1960 Republican convention where the national ticket was determined well in advance:] The party itself was hyping the conflict to create interest in what otherwise might have been a very dull convention.

I am in favor of General Taylor as the Whig candidate for the Presidency because I am satisfied that we can elect him, that he will give us a Whig administration and that we cannot elect any other Whig.

Caucus

One of the favorite tricks of the Democrats is to try to get the Republicans to pass over their strongest candidate and nominate instead a candidate who will be easy to beat.

There is no requirement whatsoever for a security clearance for a candidate. The mere fact that a candidate is anointed by its party at a convention - that is all that is required. And it's not up to me or the administration to determine candidate suitability for these briefings.

I will continue to work with the Republican Party to try to encourage primaries.

The BJP decides its own policies.

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

Some people advocate public nomination and a three-track system - allowing voters and political parties to make nominations along with the committee. These people do not want any screening of candidates, but they have not clearly defined the concept of 'screening.'

In our party, for the post of the prime minister or chief minister, there is no race, and nor does anyone stake their claim. Who will be the prime minister or chief minister, either our parliamentary board decides on this or the elected MLAs, in the case of chief minister, and MPs, in the case of the prime minister, select their leader.

The Conservative Party's always stood in every seat and I think it's important to us and I’m personally very pleased that we plan to continue to run candidates in Northern Ireland as well.

The BJP is an optimistic party. Our strength and our democratic values are such that even a poor person from a backward section - like me - has been nominated as a Prime Ministerial candidate.

Nitin Gadkari requested me not to fight Lok Sabha polls. I told him how it is possible? I head an independent political party which has mass support. Gopinath Munde too met me and requested me to adjust.

The good thing about having a Republican primary is that the voters will decide our nominee - unlike the Democrats.

Forming an alliance is not the tradition of the AAP and we will not fight elections in collaboration with any political party or front.

Can a Congress worker ever think of becoming a Prime Minister? No. Because that seat is reserved by birth in that party.

Securing the Republican nomination is an intricate series of steps that requires a comprehensive strategy.

I was a booth worker of the BJP. I rose to become the party president.