Rahul Gandhi will go to the US from September 8-10.
New Delhi:
Rahul Gandhi is extra mental and extra of a strategist as in contrast together with his father Rajiv Gandhi, says long-time Gandhi household confidant Sam Pitroda, describing each leaders as “custodians of the concept of India”.
In an interview with PTI, Mr Pitroda additionally asserted that the Chief of the Opposition within the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has all of the qualities of a future prime minister.
Mr Pitroda, the chairman of the Indian Abroad Congress, dismissed as “bogus” the BJP’s assault on Rahul Gandhi up to now over his remarks essential of the federal government throughout his visits overseas.
Talking about Mr Gandhi’s upcoming go to to the US subsequent week, Mr Pitroda mentioned he isn’t coming to the US in his official capability however can have an opportunity to work together with quite a lot of individuals on Capitol Hill at an “particular person stage”.
“He (Gandhi) will certainly have interactions with the press on the nationwide press membership, he’ll meet with the assume tank individuals and also will interact at Georgetown College which is equally vital in Washington DC,” the Indian Abroad Congress chief mentioned of Gandhi’s first go to to the US since assuming the mantle of the Chief of Opposition within the Lok Sabha.
Rahul Gandhi will go to the US from September 8-10 throughout which he’ll maintain quite a few interactions in Washington DC and Dallas, together with on the College of Georgetown and the College of Texas.
Requested about similarities and divergences between former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, Pitroda mentioned he had labored with a lot of prime ministers intently corresponding to Rajiv Gandhi, PV Narasimha Rao, Manmohan Singh, VP Singh, Chandra Sekhar and HD Deve Gowda.
“I had a chance to see many prime ministers from very shut quarters however the distinction between Rahul and Rajiv possibly is that Rahul is far more mental, thinker, Rajiv was a little bit extra doer. They’ve the identical DNA, they’ve the identical issues and emotions for the individuals, they genuinely imagine in constructing a greater India for everyone, they’re genuinely easy individuals. They do not have massive private wants,” the Congress chief informed PTI from Chicago.
“Rahul is a strategist extra so than Rajiv was. They’re merchandise of various instances, completely different instruments, and completely different experiences. Poor Rahul has gone by way of two massive shocks in life, (loss of life of) his grandmother and his father. So that they have had completely different paths to journey,” he mentioned.
Their fundamentals are clear, each are “custodians of the concept of India” that the Congress celebration had laid out and each chief of the celebration believed in, he mentioned.
“Narasimha Rao believed in it, (Mallikarjun) Kharge ji believes in it and collectively it’s our job to construct the India our founding fathers had envisaged,” Pitroda mentioned.
He additionally identified that Rahul Gandhi’s picture is lastly coming by way of the way in which he’s and the 2 Bharat Jodo Yatras had helped in that.
“Initially, the picture created within the media was primarily based on a well-orchestrated marketing campaign in opposition to a person the place hundreds of thousands and hundreds of thousands of {dollars} have been spent on maligning this younger man and when he’s extremely educated, individuals mentioned he by no means went to school. Individuals created this picture by spending some huge cash. It was a false picture. I give lots of credit score to Rahul Gandhi for standing up and preventing it for a very long time and surviving, no person else would have been capable of survive,” Mr Pitroda mentioned.
“The onslaught day in and day trip on a person, his household, his legacy, his celebration character, it’s dangerous. These are imply individuals who by design lie, cheat and say all types of issues about people. I’ve seen that in my case additionally to a really small extent,” the 82-year-old technocrat mentioned.
Pitroda mentioned issues have rotated within the public’s thoughts as a result of they’re starting to grasp that the media is managed, messages are designed to harm individuals and lies are lastly catching up.
“You can not lie on a regular basis to the individuals. Individuals are actually starting to see that it was mentioned ‘we’ll create 20 million jobs’, however they have not completed that, it was mentioned black cash might be introduced again, it hasn’t occurred,” he mentioned.
On whether or not he sees Rahul Gandhi as a future PM, Pitroda mentioned that’s for the individuals to determine.
“From my private expertise and I could also be biased, I believe he’s very succesful. He’s an honest human being, he’s properly educated, he has the best DNA and I see him because the custodian of the concept of democracy that the Congress has all the time promoted,” he mentioned.
Requested about Congress leaders’ view that Gandhi had earned the best to imagine the put up of PM when the Congress involves energy, Pitroda mentioned he agrees with the view however finally it’s for the celebration to determine.
On whether or not he sees qualities of a future PM in Mr Gandhi, Mr Pitroda emphatically mentioned, “Completely, no query about it.” Requested in regards to the assault his celebration and he confronted from the BJP in the course of the previous international visits of Gandhi over his essential remarks, Pitroda mentioned that these days when communication is immediate and distance is useless, there aren’t any native occasions.
“Each native occasion turns into a worldwide occasion, a church burn in France is not a French occasion, it’s a international occasion for instance. Identical with wars. So it’s unsuitable to imagine that there are particular belongings you say at dwelling and there are particular belongings you say overseas,” he mentioned.
“Criticising the federal government shouldn’t be criticising India. It’s okay to criticise the federal government by an opposition chief, That’s his job the truth is, so why complain? I believe this entire enterprise of criticising overseas is bogus,” the Indian Abroad Congress chairman asserted.
On the June 4 Lok Sabha ballot outcomes and its significance, Pitroda mentioned, “Within the final election the worry was that the BJP will get 400 seats. Then it might have been an absolute majority which may result in within the judgement of many individuals a little bit little bit of concern at numerous ranges on the Structure, authoritarian mindset and extra assault on the opposition and media. So this election was essential as a result of the BJP could possibly be introduced all the way down to 240 seats.”
The message is loud and clear that strange individuals of India favor democracy, Structure, freedom and justice, he asserted.
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