"Unity and secularism will be the motto of the government. We can't afford divisive polity in India."

"We are a coalition government, and that limits our options in some ways. Privatization happens to be one such area."

"We got government off the backs of the people of India, particularly off the backs of India's entrepreneurs. We introduced more competition, both internal competition and external competition. We simplified and rationalized the tax system. We made risk-taking much more attractive."

"The government of Pakistan has placed some restrictions on the insurgents but success does not come through half-measures and it is important the terror infrastructure is dismantled (by Pakistan) from its roots,"