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I gave houses to victims of banditry not because I had excess money, but because it’s about humanity. Government must protect the dignity of its people.

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You can build all the roads in the world, but if people live without dignity, the government has failed.

Of course, we expect him to intervene. But people must understand he didn’t create the problem.

You see, people also fail to realise that there are no sentiments attached to the demolition of the house of that particular party leader.

Hunger is criminal. It must not be tolerated.

Sardauna believed in oneness. He never divided us. This new generation must stop tribalism and get back to building institutions not empires.

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