It was quite brave of Rahul Gandhi to grant an interview
when things are not propitious for either him or his party. More so, when the
interviewer is a man called Arnab Gowswami who attacks everyone (Raj Thackeray
excluded) with the ferocity of a bloodhound. It started on a somewhat promising note with
Rahul Gandhi’s defense of the PM candidate issue. He was successful in
articulating the achievements of both of his party & himself. For all the
opprobrium it deserves the UPA government has done some good for the country by
enacting legislations like MNREGS , RTI & the way it managed the economy
during the Global Financial crisis .Though
other factors have played a role in the aforesaid achievements some credit
should go to the the government of the day. Moreover, democratizing the Youth
Congress & NSUI, which Mr. Gandhi initiated by holding elections to these
bodies was a well-intentioned move. Moreover, one cannot forget the fact that youngsters
made a beeline to join Youth Congress before UPA’s image was deluded in a slew
of corruption scandals & AAM AADMI PARTY, the hottest startup in
Indian politics was founded. His diagnosis of the problems & the solutions
he offered made sense. He was at his best when he defended his stand of limiting
primaries to 15 seats when he said that a drastic change by holding such an
exercise in all the constituencies would explode the system. His mild reproach
to Arnab for not asking a single question regarding the real issues was also a
good one. However, on the flip side he couldn’t defend his party on issues of
corruption & the Sikh riots. Those
are indefensible issues & it is worth to note that Narendra Modi is yet to
come up with a convincing defense of his role Vis-a Vis post godhra riots. The
Rahul Gandhi who emerges out of this interview is a man who is aware of &
uncomfortable with the deeply flawed system that he is a beneficiary of but genuine in his desire to change it &
honest enough to admit that such a thing cannot be done in a
jiffy.
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