Interview of the Week
‘The Congress must fight the 2019 poll battle on the Freedom versus Fear issue’
He further added that the gravity of our challenges and the smallness of our politics do not go well together.
‘I don’t see BJP securing enough numbers even to think of forming the government’
In an interview with Ashhar Khan, Mr Sibal highlights some of the key points he had flagged in the book. Excerpts:
‘People want issue-based politics. BJP will pay for the ills, false promises’
Pilot says the BJP can deploy any trick but won’t be able to erase five years of agony that the people have suffered.
‘Would have been hard for Centre to justify continuance of Sec. 377’
It is only a physiological variation that occurs in a very small percentage of the population, says Arvind Datar.
‘Data confirms economic cost of DeMo was higher than benefits...’
There will also be some offsetting increase in revenues, given the effect on oil prices on inflation, says Arvind Virmani.
‘Vajpayeeji used to say the nation is bigger than the organisation’
Youngest Cabinet minister post-Independence, and the credit goes to Vajpayeeji, says Shahnawaz Hussain.
‘It’s Cong’s responsibility to stitch a proper alliance to fight the BJP’
The Congress has got presence in all states and villages. Maybe not in terms of votes, but definitely in terms of organisation, says Hariprasad.
‘NRC must reach West Bengal, as it has become mother of counter-federalism’
Banerjee is trying to grab the Opposition space which is witnessing a vacuum, says Rakesh Sinha.
‘Together, Mayawati and I can build a pan-India dalit movement’
I am four times more popular than Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani, but I don’t have a car of my own, says Jignesh Mevani.
‘Liquor ban has changed the face of Bihar. People now buy milk, honey’
The JD(U) is part of the NDA government and anything being said otherwise is baseless, says Neeraj Kumar.