See, Indira Gandhi was wrong in declaring the Emergency. She tried to put me in jail, but she could not. People voted her back, and I worked with her after that. Even though I was not a member of the Congress, she sought my help on China. You can't have personal vendetta, you see.

The BJP's central leadership needs to recast the party structure where you openly speak of Hindutva and Indianness.

National identity does not figure in the Tamil way of thinking.

Hindutva is an idea where you learn things that schools and colleges do not teach you - to say we are all one because DNA says there is no such thing as Aryan or Dravidian.

The younger generation has become very nationalistic, self-confident. Increasingly, they do not see the Congress as their party.

I have never been scared.

If someone gives you support, and there are no conditions attached, why shouldn't I accept it?

I have done my duty and lived up to my promise of having exposed Jayalalitha.

As far as the opposition to Jayalalitha was concerned, it was that she was misusing authority for personal corruption, denying people their liberties, attacking the opposition with violence, and there was nobody who could challenge her.

Ahmed Patel and Sonia Gandhi are not too different political personalities.