Quotes from Naveen Patnaik

International carriers need to be given greater role in our skies on all routes like several other large countries to make our aviation industry more efficient and competitive and prevent arbitrary pricing by monopolies.

I believe that investment in sports is investment in youth. And that, in turn, is investment in the future.

We prefer to be isolated in Odisha. That is a policy of equidistance, and going it alone has served us well in the past.

Millets are an integral part of tribal life and a staple diet of tribals of Odisha since time immemorial.

I may be inexperienced, but at least I come with a clean heart and a clean slate.

I trust the people of Odisha.

I have inherited my father's responsibilities, not privileges. One of the members of his family had to continue his legacy of social responsibility.

If you succeed in doing something good for the people, it gives you a great sense of satisfaction.

To empower the women in rural areas, we have started something called Mission Shakti.

Development of Kendrapada is now my responsibility. I will personally monitor development of the district.

I have fielded mothers, whose empowerment can bring the real double engine growth.

Orissa is cursed by the two tragic extremes of drought and famine.

I think what is important is that my work speaks for itself.

I don't have a problem with the Centre sanctioning funds to any state. However, when this is done for narrow political considerations, it damages the federal fabric mandated by the Constitution.

Rising fuel prices, growing agrarian distress, and unemployment are the three major issues to dominate the 2019 general elections.

Biju Babu lives in the hearts of millions of Oriyas. Our party has been named after him. People expect us to carry forward the unfinished task that Biju Babu has left for us.

After 2014, a number of my friends from Delhi rang up very concerned because they thought I was in bad health. But my health has always been good, and I told them so. They told me that this is what Baijayant Panda was spreading. This was a shock.

My father was against nepotism.

I think it is commonplace for parties to change candidates and reshuffle ministries to bring in new faces.

Empowerment of women is the empowerment of the nation. No household, no society, no state, no country has ever moved forward without empowering its women.

I face no problem in communicating with the people of Orissa whom I meet everyday.

As far as natural calamities are concerned, Odisha had a very bad reputation before 2000 when we took over the government. After that, we have achieved international standards as far as controlling the effects of natural calamities. In fact, even the United Nations have complimented us on this.

Aska is going to create history and show the way to the entire country by sending a member of women SHG to Parliament and four women members to the state assembly.

Where is special category status? Where is women's reservation bill? Where is the farmers' insurance? Why did Odisha not receive any cooperation and help from the Centre?