Mamata Banerjee Quotes

"I am not Left or Right. I believe in nationalism, patriotism, the federal structure, democracy, and the poor."

"I don't want to be a VIP. I want to be an LIP, a Less Important Person."

"Struggle has been a part and parcel of my life."

"Jyoti Basu is the biggest fraud, cheat, and con man in West Bengal."

"We are not Marxist or capitalist; we are for the poor people."

"Our policy is very clear: whatever policy will suit the people, whatever policy will suit the circumstances, whatever policy will suit my state."

"Sometimes, when democracy has to fight with autocracy, what can be done? We have to fight; somebody has to."

"Our party, I can tell you, is very transparent; we believe in our credentials. Our credentials are our only credibility; we are not going to compromise on that; we are the commoners."

"We are from the very middle class family. We have not come from the English medium school. We came from our regional languages school."

"I don't think the elite class is only speaking the good English."

"Mamata Banerjee is just a casual worker, just like a commoner."

"Few states, they have the international borders, state borders; in India, there is so much diversity in system. Unity in diversity is our system, so therefore, you cannot take for granted, whatever you do."

"I have seen in my life, I have struggled so much. I did not get support from anyone."

"I never supported violence. Before the formation of TMC, I was a member of the Congress Party. Gandhi's Congress. Non-violence is a philosophy that runs deep."

"I am not God. Nor am I Phantom. I am ready to accept any criticism. I have been in politics for decades. Each and every day, in several media, there is criticism of me."

"Unlike the Marxists, I have no mind block against the U.S."

"I don't have any personal agenda or vendetta against any individual, even Narendra Modi."

"In Bengal, at the state level, the Congress and Left are working with the BJP. At the national level, for the greater good, we feel we must work together in Parliament."

"If democracy is finished, all is lost."

"Law and order is the responsibility of the state governments."

"I have flatly refused to be conned by Jyoti Basu and his corrupt government."

"I have repeated ad nauseam my party's issues, which range from improving the lot of the poor to women's issues."

"In my government, I do Twitter on my own. I have no sponsorship, nothing."

"It is my birthright, it is my political right, it is my democratic right, it is my constitutional right... that I must open my mouth... my voice... I can raise my voice."

"Ours is a vast country, many languages, many castes, creeds, religions."

"Media is totally Modi, Modi-media."

"I was not with BJP's communalism agenda."

"I think that communalism is the cancer of our society, and if we have to protect the humanity and the unity and integrity of this country, then we will have to fight the communal forces."

"I have respect for everybody."

"After my father died, we faced hardship but never asked anybody for help. We were self-sufficient."