Voicebox

 "We had reached a consensus over the Teesta water sharing, but it was very much unfortunate that the chief minister of an Indian State, Mamata Banarjee, raised an objection."
SHEIKH HASINA
Prime Minister
Said the Teesta water sharing treaty between Bangladesh and India could not be signed due to Mamata Banarjee's objection

" In these girls, Barack and I see our own daughters. We see their hopes, their dreams, and we can only imagine the anguish their parents are feeling right now."
MICHELLE OBAMA
The US first lady
Said that US President Barack Obama has directed his government to do everything possible to support the Nigerian government's efforts to find these girls

"Had I been in Delhi in place of Congress, I would have sent Narendra Modi to jail by tying a rope around his waist."
MAMATA BANERJEE
West Bengal chief minister
 Said that had her party been in power at the Centre in Delhi, she would have sent BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi to jail for his remark on illegal Bangladeshi immigrants

"The caretaker government is unlawful ... Thailand has no real government. It would be the beginning of a disaster for the country that will lead to civil war."
SUTHEP THAUGSUBAN
A Thai protest leader
 Called his supporters out onto Bangkok's streets on Friday for what he says will be a final push to get the government out.

"You write in the newspaper, 'No voice is louder than freedom of speech!' What does that mean?"
ABDUL FATTAH AL-SISI
Egyptian presidential candidate and former army chief
Asked a group of Egyptian journalists at a round-table meeting in Cairo this week

"Today, both Modi and the United States are trapped in a catch-22: in understandable pique, Modi has declared that he will never apply for an American visa again? And there is no way to revalidate his now-expired visa if he will not apply anew."
ASHLEY TELLIS
Researcher of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Said that the prospect for improvement of Indo-US relations under Modi government in India looks less than promising, which he mainly attributed to Modi's US visa issue