Bihar

“I think one of the problems of say a place like Bihar is not that it had bad leaders, that bad leaders are a reflection of what that society aspires for.”

“Go back to 76. There was no woman in a khaki uniform in Bihar. There were a few lady constables who were appointed on compassionate grounds, and they wore sarees, and they do very small jobs in offices and all, and that number was also miniscule.”

“I think we are already pushed back a lot in Bihar. I traveled to other places. What is the kind of stuff which people are doing in other states, the kind of work which women police officers are doing. It is amazing. It is amazing. All kinds of things for prote…”

“Earlier, I had not seen a chief minister arriving at a crime spot, arriving to handle a law and order situation. He was like that. And even giving instructions.”

“People started leaving the state, and mostly for education, and anybody and everybody could get out, could afford, they went out to study, and once they went out to study, they never came back.”

“When I became DIG in 94, these kidnappings had just started happening, kidnapping for ransom.”

“I think caste became a very big issue later on, that everything became caste oriented. And your caste was more important than your abilities, I think.”

“Bihar in the 1960 was a very, very peaceful state, a very well administered state, and there was a lot of emphasis on education.”

“If Bihar transforms, if Chhattisgarh transforms, if Jharkhand transforms, if all Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, all of them start growing at high rates, then India will be growing at 10% plus for the next three, four decades.”

“Bihar's per capita income is only 33% of the national average. Ok, one third. It is no longer deteriorating in the last decade or so, it has stabilized, but at a very low level.”

“Goa has done very, very well. Small state, but it now has per capita income three times the national average, and 10 times that of Bihar.”