"There was no ulterior motive behind distributing money to the women for buying sweets as they wanted to celebrate my elevation as Railways Minister." —Lalu Yadav on poll code violation charges
"Since Nitish Kumar, JD (U) Parliamentary Party leader, who is like my younger brother, offered to project me as future Chief Minister and evinced interest in sewing up a poll pact with us, I felt that I should reciprocate and agreed to consider an electoral understanding with the JD (U), if it snaps its ties with the communal BJP." —Ram Vilas Paswan on alliance with JD(U)