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Being the chief minister of a regional government is just a pastime compared with the hellish job of being prime minister of two different communities brought together.

A prime minister's job is to make sure the government works for those who have elected him, and not for big corporations.

I fully understand the expectations of the state governments. Thus, I am better placed to work closely with the chief ministers.

You can't run a government from one single person. What instead matters is that leadership be about gathering around extraordinary individuals and getting the best out of them.

No-one is forced to stand for Parliament; no-one is compelled to become a minister. If you take on those roles, which are great privileges, you also take on big responsibilities.

The government serves the people - not vice-versa.

The government should do its job. The government's job is, in fact, to run the country, to manage the country, to govern the country. And governance is an important thing, not application where it suits one so, to micro control where it suits them on the other hand.

Before I became a chief minister, I never thought that one day I'd be the chief minister.

People innately have lots of solutions. It sounds like an obvious thing, but everyone thinks that they can be prime minister; everyone thinks that they can do a better job.