'I think it is doubly important that we continue to pay tribute to the INA, and also to hold high the banners that Azad Hind Fauj had raised, the banners of national dignity, unity, communal brotherhood, and also secularism.'

'Not a single communal incident occurred in Aligarh during 1947-48'.

A great responsibility falls upon the democratic and secular parties – whatever be their differences on policy matters – to come together and defend the country's values.

The Champaran satyagraha was the first intersection of peasant unrest and the national movement, an assured guarantee for the ultimate success of the latter.