Amarinder Singh Quotes

Amarinder Singh

Profession : Politician

Birth : March 11, 1942

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.

Amarinder Singh

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

Amarinder Singh

The Akalis, for 10 years, messed up Punjab, and the Aam Aadmi Party is totally inexperienced - all they do is shout.

Amarinder Singh

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.

Amarinder Singh

Putting money into a cenotaph is not really worth it.

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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.

Amarinder Singh

We didn't lose the Punjab State elections for any other reason but the fact that seats were wrongly allocated.

Amarinder Singh

When I was in the Western Command from 1964 to 1967, I think 100 strikes must have happened. They just have given it a new name 'surgical strikes.' We used to call it cross border raid.

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As elected representatives, MLAs are accountable to the people and I will not allow anyone to undermine their importance.

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Punjab does not want war. Punjab wants peace.

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I also welcomed the Kartarpur corridor. I think it is a good step but I can't go to Pakistan when terrorist acts are being carried out here.

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

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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.

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The Indian Army is as powerful, if not more, than the Chinese.

Amarinder Singh

The reason I vouched for reopening liquor vends despite the pandemic was that there was no other source of revenue than excise duty.

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I have never looked at Bargari as a political issue.

Amarinder Singh

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.

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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.

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We must decentralize to deal with regional satraps.

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