For the last two days, some people have been trying to create an atmosphere as if the Government and Parliament are being used to favor me. This has hurt me very much.

For the last two days, some people in the country were trying to create an impression that parliament was being misused for my benefit.

I am resigning my post in the parliament. I have done this because I think it is the right thing to do.

The Maharashtra government is working out a package for the worst-affected villages of the state in the recent floods. But we know whenever such calamities occur, whatever we do is not enough...more has to be done.

In ignoring the upper house and trying to gain power beyond parliament by a direct pitch to the people, Koizumi could be a dictator.

The government has a problem it cannot ignore -- a single-colored parliament elected amid a gigantic abstention.