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It's the public which decides its Chief Minister. We live in a democracy. ”
In a democracy, people are supreme. ”
People are sick of the political system and the players in the system - BJP, Congress, Akalis. They want a good alternative and those who can deliver. ”
Every person in this country is suffering because of bad governance. ”
This democracy is not by the people, of the people, for the people. This democracy is about by the party high command, of the party high command, and for the party high command. ”
I never imagined in my life that I will fight elections or form a political party. ”
I have seen my parents struggle with meagre means to run a family. That's why giving free and good education, free health services, water, electricity, public transport and safety of women are my top priority. ”
When you are running the country it means you work for the poor people. It doesn't mean you siphon off money of disabled people. It does not mean you allot public property like coal for free to rich people. ”
I would never, ever use a novel to do thinly disguised political information dissemination. For me, all these experiences, they sat in me, and they got broken down into my body, and I sweated it out. It's not because I want to talk about 'issues.' For me, a novel is a way of seeing the world. ”
The Occupy movement found places where people who were feeling that anger could come and share it - and that is, as we all know, extremely important in any political movement. The Occupy sites became a way you could gauge the levels of anger and discontent. ”