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Late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan once had Parliament in splits with his narration of how he explained the uniqueness of Indian democracy to a Chinese MP. Revisiting his 1997 speech on International Day of Democracy...
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00:00I belong to the single largest party and I'm in opposition.
00:30I don't have anything to lose, so what's the point of keeping in touch with them?
00:33Keep in touch with the new party that's going to be formed.
00:36They have their own differences.
00:38When I went to China, Ramakanji was also there.
00:40Chintaman Pani was also there.
00:41He was a good friend of mine.
00:42He was from the Rajya Sabha.
00:43When I went there, some of the people there asked me,
00:46how is your democracy going on?
00:48Because their parliament is different, their elections are different.
00:52So Ramakanji was there.
00:54He's a big politician, but he's an old friend of mine.
00:57So Ramakanji asked me, how is your democracy going on?
01:04So I said, I'll tell you about my democracy.
01:06I'll just introduce myself and you can understand democracy.
01:09I said, I'm Pramod Mahajan.
01:11I'm a member of Lok Sabha.
01:13I belong to the single largest party.
01:17And I'm in opposition.
01:19Chinese people keep looking at me.
01:21You are the single largest party?
01:22I said, we are the single largest party in the house.
01:24We are in opposition.
01:26Then I put my hand on Chintaman Pani.
01:29I put my hand on him and said,
01:31he belongs to the second largest party.
01:34He's outside the government, supporting the government.
01:38Then I picked up the MLA.
01:41I said, he's the third largest party.
01:44He's inside the front, but outside the government.
01:49And then I said, he's Mr. Ramakhan Khallab.
01:53He's the only member of his party
01:55and he's the government.
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