“When you become a consultant to a political party, your views are no l...” — Arun Jaitley Quote

When you become a consultant to a political party, your views are no longer objective. You do it at a cost.

According to me when former governors join the political mainstream, the whole cause propagated for autonomy of the institutions, itself gets impacted. When they dwell into statements which are politically loaded, rather than during their tenure as a governor, it is far easier to analyse those statements.

A finance minister should have a basic understanding of the country, know where the shoe pinches and, hence, have some compassion in policy formulation. An ability to understand economic issues should certainly be there.

Leaders are judged on merit and not on caste or family names.

If a statesman is one who looks to the next generation and a politician one who looks to the next election, a political consultant must be one who looks to the next tracking poll.

Don't hire a prison consultant.

I'm a creative consultant, whatever that means.

I was full time on 'Party of Five' for one year, then more like a creative consultant for two years, where I was in the writing rotation but didn't have to go in every day or cover the set until midnight.

General consultant to mankind.