8 July 22, 2019

“

“Hurting.... Disappoin -

ted, yes, but no tears.

This is a tough team. A

magnificent team.... It’s

a team on the right

path—they know it.

When you have played

good and tough cricket

for the last 30 months,

this loss...would hurt....”

—Team India coach

Ravi Shastri to The

Indian Express

“Junior advocates must

vacate the chair for

their seniors if there is

no space. Nowadays,

senior advocates stand

and juniors can be

found sitting.”

—Chief Justice, Delhi

High Court, Dhirubhai

Naranbhai Patel at a

ceremony to honour him

for becoming the chief

justice at the India

Interna tional Centre

in New Delhi

“There are doubts in the minds of voters that the votes they cast

do not go to their chosen candidates. In such a scenario, the

Election Commission should switch back to paper ballots and

conduct the Maharashtra polls through it. We strongly feel that

the EVMs can be tampered with.”

—MNS chief Raj Thackeray, demanding that the upcoming assem-

bly polls in Maharashtra be held through ballot papers

“A resignation comes with a feeling of sacrifice. But here a

moment later, a ‘national-level’ position is being sought. Is this a

resignation or a ladder to climb up? The party should be cau-

tious with such ‘hard-working’ people.”

—Senior Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam on Milind Deora's

resignation from the Congress's Mumbai unit, on Twitter

“One does not become

a leader by storming

into the Well (of the

House). I have made it

clear in the Lok sabha

that the time has chan -

ged. Now, it is the time

when a member speaks

in the House and the

people like them.”

—Lok Sabha Speaker

Om Birla at a program -

me for MLAs in the

Rajasthan Assembly

“If you go to western

UP, when there is Kan -

war Yatra, for one mon -

th, no vehicle plies on

the highway and no one

complains. Here, even if

there is restriction on

two hours, hue and cry

is raised. We should

bear it....”

—J&K Governor Satya

Pal Ma lik on traffic

restrictions due to the

Amar nath Yatra

“I am of the view that the Mujahideen (armed

terrorists) in Kashmir—at this stage at least—

should focus with single mind on inflicting

unrelenting blows on the Indian Army and

government so as to bleed the Indian economy

and make India suffer sustained losses

in manpower and equipment.”

—Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in a video message

Anthony Lawrence

RINGSIDE

Karnataka Rebels: The Lotus Pose