After having a thorough reading of RaGa interview in The Times Of India today ,I later watched its video too.Finally i am in position to call it a great experience to see Rahul Gandhi so candid and lucid in his chit chat with Arnab Goshwami .His insights and agenda toward India ,congress ,youths ,his family and probably on his own views were so transparent that even a kid can easily discern right or wrong about him.Some of his answers were so perfect that after watching it,i can't resist myself from clapping .RaGa was quite cozy and poised during the whole interview like any pro. politicians, he answered firmly.He has not given a single pass to any question asked by ace journalist Arnab.It nowhere seems that he is on first time on a national television. Rahul interview was in every sense an adorable one,what key notes i found in his interview are:
1. Acceptance:As he said that in case Inc lose in 2014,it was his solo responsibility as the vice president of the congress party .no blame games and he accept the failures of UPA-2 in terms of inflation,scams and boundary conflicts with neighbours
2.Candid:on involvement of his party workers in Sikh riots ,he said there are few and they must have to pay for it through judiciary. yet he took a sneak by directly calling Jagdish titler name.
3.Initiative : Yes he is one who too initiative.After he became MP for 1st time ,he stared a youth brigade of INC i:e NSUI which develops zeal in youth from early ages of college.NSUI college election in cities like Bhopal means more than a general elections for student.
4. AAP: on emergence of AAP in delhi as second largest party and In end Kejriwal on cm throne.He said he was the one who is responsible for support to AAP.As every body in his own party was saying that going with AAp will must be a folly idea but his stands urge was that there need to be learned a lot from AAP as they were in reign all due to youth votes and inc have to struck this youth.
5.NAMO : like party he too cursed Modi even after a clean chit from court,with the reason that doesn't matter he was directly involved or not but as the administrator of the state,he didn't do anything to seize riots. he too kicked his own party for sikh riots my insights are just similar to him as riots don't decide who is good or bad.but it always ends in loss of men,money and a never ending pain in hearts of millions whether it was gujrat,sikh or bhagalpur in Bihar.
6. most important aspect which i deserve kudos comes when he was asked by Arnab that is he afraid of NAMO, he clearly refused to it by saying that whom he is afraid of, he saw his grandmother going behind bars and latter sued by her bodyguards.Latter his father was brutalized in a bomb attack.So he have nothing to loose.........
The way in which he answer ,it reminds me of "Not Afraid " by Eminem whose verses are;
i am not afraid,
to take a step,
everybody come take my hand,
we'll walk this road together,
through the storms,
whatever weather cold or warm,
just let you that you are not alone,
holla if you feel you will down the same road.
Now he has found a fan in form of me......Krb Saurabh
SOME OF INTERVIEWS PARTS ARE :
Arnab: And what is your view of BJP's prime ministerial candidate?
Rahul: The BJP has prime ministerial candidate, the BJP believes in concentration of power in the hands of one person, I fundamentally disagree with that, I believe in democracy, I believe in opening up the system. I believe in the RTI, I believe in giving power to our people. We have fundamentally different philosophies
Arnab: What is your view, would like to expound your views, your PM accuses Narendra Modi in his press conference of presiding over "the mass massacre of innocent citizens on the streets of Ahmedabad." Mr. Rahul Gandhi my question to you is this, do you agree with your PM when he says that?
Rahul: Well, I mean what the Prime Minister is saying is a fact, Gujarat happened, people died but the real issue as far I am concerned...
Arnab: How do you accuse Mr. Narendra Modi of it?
Rahul: Gujarat happened, people died. The real issue at hand here is...
Arnab: How is Mr. Modi responsible?
Rahul: He was CM when Gujarat happened
Arnab: The fact remains that Narendra Modi has been given a clean chit, in the Gulbarg massacre case by the SIT and the court Mr. Gandhi. My question to you is "can the Congress party sustain it's attack on Mr. Narendra Modi on this issue when he has been given the clean chit by the courts in the Gujarat riots
Rahul : The congress party and the BJP have two completely different philosophies, our attack on the BJP is based on the idea that this country needs to move forward democratically, it needs push democracy deeper into the country, it needs to push democracy into the villagers, it needs to give women democratic powers, it needs to give youngsters democratic powers. It is about opening the doors of the congress party, about empowering the youth
Arnab : How is Narendra Modi responsible for the riots when the courts have given him a clean chit, politically your party's tact to criticise Narendra Modi and draw him into the Gujarat riots?
Rahul: Our political party is fighting an ideological battle Against the BJP and let me draw out the two pillars- our party believes that women should be empowered, democracy should go to every house, that RTI, and the MNREGA paradigm should be further expanded. The BJP believes power should be extremely concentrated in this country, few people should run this country and the large mass of this country should have no voice.
Arnab: Specifically speaking how is Narendra Modi, your party criticised him for the 2002 Gujarat riots, and how can you do that when he has been given a clean chit in the Gulbarg massacre by the SIT of the court. It was challenged in the court, the court upheld the SIT finding and therefore legally speaking Mr. Gandhi you cannot draw Narendra Modi into the Gujarat riots, implicate him personally. Do you believe that strategy of your party is fundamentally wrong?
Rahul: The strategy of the party is very simple. Everything we have done over that last 5-10years, in fact if you look all the way back to the freedom movement, every single thing we have ever done is empower people. We empowered people in the freedom movement, we empowered farmers in the Green revolution, and we empowered the citizens of India when we did the telecom revolution. We have empowered millions and millions of people through frankly the most powerful legislation that has ever taken place in this country called the RTI- Right to information. Things that used to be closed, things that were in closed doors which nobody knew about
Arnab: My question to you is, what is the Congress Vice President's view of the BJPPrime Ministerial candidate
Rahul: I think we will defeat the BJP in the next elections
Arnab: And what is your view of BJP's prime ministerial candidate?
Rahul: The BJP has prime ministerial candidate, the BJP believes in concentration of power in the hands of one person, I fundamentally disagree with that, I believe in democracy, I believe in opening up the system. I believe in the RTI, I believe in giving power to our people. We have fundamentally different philosophies
Arnab: What is your view, would like to expound your views, your PM accuses Narendra Modi in his press conference of presiding over "the mass massacre of innocent citizens on the streets of Ahmedabad." Mr. Rahul Gandhi my question to you is this, do you agree with your PM when he says that?
Rahul: Well, I mean what the Prime Minister is saying is a fact, Gujarat happened, people died but the real issue as far I am concerned...
Arnab: How do you accuse Mr. Narendra Modi of it?
Rahul: Gujarat happened, people died. The real issue at hand here is.
Arnab: The debate has to take place between individuals. My final question, Mr. Gandhi. Will you be open to a debate between key candidates or representatives of the major parties? Will you participate in such a debate if there were to be one?
Rahul: There is a national debate taking place right now. The national debate taking place right now is the following. There is the Congress Party that believes in openness, that believes in RTI, that believes in Panchayati Raj, that believes in giving people power. And there is our Opposition that believes in concentrated power. That's the debate that's taking place. That's what the election is all about. We fundamentally believe and the Congress Party has always believed that this country has to be ruled by its people.
