"Only the smoke is coming out now. Let us prevent the lava from coming out by taking proper measures.I have told every leader that you cannot have a stable government without winning the confidence of the scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and the most backward castes. Leaders feel that by giving a sop here and there and by symbolic actions, they can win votes. That's all they want. Votes."

Though PS Krishnan, 84, retired after three decades of service as an IAS officer in 1990, as the secretary to the Government of India, he continues his work for the socially deprived classes in India.
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