He said, "'Mana ki teri deed ke kaabil nahin hoon main, tu mera shauq dekh mera intezar dekh (Agreed I am not worthy of drawing your sight. But look at my zeal, my longing)'." The two leaders ...

One of his most famous poetic statements was: "Hazaro jawabo'n se achi hai meri khamoshi, jo kayi sawalo ki aabru dhak leti hai." During the 15th Lok Sabha from 2009 to 2015, Sushma Swaraj ...

NEW DELHI: A leader of a reserve and quiet dignity, former prime minister Manmohan Singh had a keen taste for Urdu verses, and his poetic banters with BJP leader Sushma Swaraj in the Lok Sabha are ...

Sushma Swaraj, then Leader of the Opposition, used Shahab Jafari’s lines to question Singh’s leadership, "Tu idhar udhar ki na baat kar, ye bata ki qafila kyun luta. Humein rahjano se gila ...

Singh deployed Mirza Ghalib to take aim first. He said, "'Hum ko un se wafa ki hai ummeed, jo nahin jante wafa kya hai (I expect love from someone who does not know what love is)'." Swaraj, in her ...