For running a country, team work is important, and the person at the helm has to enjoy teamwork. – Sharad Pawar
During election time, I work over 21 hours. My day starts around 6 A.M., and I address meetings through the day. Between 10 P.M. and 2 A.M., I meet local leaders, where we discuss local issues and local problems. – Sharad Pawar
BJP is a national party which runs the central government, and if I can take a decision on the future of all these parties, I must be a capable person. I am grateful that everybody is accepting my capability. – Sharad Pawar
Yes, Vajpayee and Advani are very clever speakers, but that does not mean everything they say is true. – Sharad Pawar
One should not treat investors or a person who has set up an industry and is a successful businessman as criminals in this country. I am fully aware that everybody has a right to succeed, and success should be with ethics. – Sharad Pawar
I am fully aware that everybody has a right to succeed, and success should be with ethics. – Sharad Pawar
I have always believed in cordial relationship with political parties and their leaders. – Sharad Pawar
I am very active in the co-operative movement. I am very active in agro-industrial growth. I am taking up the issues of the farmers of India. I am active in the field of education. – Sharad Pawar
I might be popular, but that is not sufficient in a parliamentary democracy set-up. One has to assess every chief minister, his success and rating in terms of how far he has succeeded in developing his colleagues. – Sharad Pawar
If my son enters politics, I will be able to guide him. He too would have learnt a lot from watching me, so he is less likely to make mistakes. – Sharad Pawar
I have been worried about the future of Mumbai. It is the financial capital, an economic powerhouse that earlier had the highest air traffic, high port traffic, and strong industrial and manufacturing sectors. – Sharad Pawar
I have been to China. I noticed that wherever you went, you could ask an ordinary citizen, and he would explain, in detail, about free markets and all the other jargon of liberalisation. – Sharad Pawar
I could never muster the courage to speak to girls in my college in Pune. Most of them were Parsis and spoke English. I came from a village and could barely converse in English. – Sharad Pawar
We will primarily focus on affordable housing, water supply and transport infrastructure, as these are critical for Mumbai. Infrastructure deficit is an issue in all urban areas. – Sharad Pawar
I am worried about development in the field of information technology, communication, etc. So you cannot say that I have become inactive. – Sharad Pawar
The Gandhi family has a tradition of being good hosts. When you call upon them, they treat you with a lot of respect. – Sharad Pawar
Sena under the leadership of Uddhav Thackeray has failed. It is a party on the decline, and that decline started the day Maharashtra Navnirman Sena was formed. – Sharad Pawar