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A political controversy has erupted following the opposition's criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent foreign visit amidst the ongoing NEET examination paper leak crisis.
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00:00News just coming in, Rahul Gandhi has used the melody moment to attack the Prime Minister over Neat League Gate.
00:08Rahul Gandhi says when Modi ji was making reels while handing out candies in Italy,
00:13the youth in India, tormented by paper leaks, were taken to the streets demanding justice.
00:18Because the Neat paper leak has ruined the future of lakhs of student, many children have even lost their lives.
00:25But Modi ji neither took responsibility nor removed Dharmendra Pradhan or uttered a single word.
00:33Rahul Gandhi went on to say we will not stop until Dharmendra Pradhan resigns and a strong, secure system is
00:39put in place to stop paper leaks in the country.
00:42The fight is for every student whose future this government has failed.
00:47This is the second consecutive day where the leader of opposition, Rahul Gandhi, has taken on the Prime Minister,
00:53who is on a foreign visit.
00:55The latest this time, of course, is on the viral moment of Prime Minister Modi and the Prime Minister of
01:04Italy
01:05over the toffee melody where Rahul Gandhi says using that the Prime Minister was busy distributing candies in Italy
01:16while there were young children and young students in India who were tormented,
01:22some of them who have lost their lives, attacking the government and the Prime Minister on Neat paper leaks.
01:28I want to cut across to my colleague, Moshmi, who is joining us for more.
01:31Moshmi, second consecutive day, Rahul Gandhi attacking the Prime Minister who is on a foreign visit.
01:39Absolutely, you know, Preeti, it's been a relentless tirade by the Congress party,
01:45not only, you know, perhaps taking the cue from Rahul Gandhi.
01:49The entire Congress leaders have joined the bandwagon as far as, you know,
01:55making a very pointed and sharp attack on the entire melody, a symphony or a row is concerned.
02:01Rahul Gandhi perhaps trying to dense the Prime Minister's image and, in fact, drive a wedge
02:08as far as, you know, the entire posturing of the government is concerned over the bilaterals
02:16that he has had in the past five years and, importantly, in the past five countries that he visited.
02:25Pardon me. So, importantly, you know, here this is a point where the meat examination paper leak
02:33is at its peak. There is a lot of, you know, social media anger that is pouring out
02:41as far as justice in this matter is concerned.
02:45And Rahul Gandhi perhaps tapping into what the youth want to say at this point of time
02:51by slamming the Prime Minister.
02:53All right, Moshmi, thank you for joining us.
02:55The second consecutive day, Rahul Gandhi yesterday was a visit to Rai Bareilly.
02:59He represents the seat of Rai Bareilly in Lok Sabha.
03:01And he had used that platform on that visit to attack the Prime Minister yesterday, viewers.
03:06He had called Prime Minister Modi a traitor.
03:09A full-blown political showdown occurred at the back of it.
03:12Rahul Gandhi once again now attacking the Prime Minister.
03:16The Congress leader calling Prime Minister Modi a gaddar triggered a fierce backlash from the BJP as well.
03:23This happened yesterday.
03:25Listen in.
03:29A single word and suddenly the political temperature shoots through the roof.
03:35Rahul Gandhi calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a gaddar has now triggered a full-blown political explosion.
04:04But the BJP hit back almost instantly.
04:07Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath demanded an apology from Rahul Gandhi,
04:13accusing him of insulting the nation and disrespecting the tricolor.
04:17And the BJP attack only intensified further.
04:47The political row has now escalated.
04:49BJP Yuva Murcha has filed a formal complaint in Delhi, demanding an FIR against Rahul Gandhi over the controversial remarks.
05:19The controversy also erupts at a time when Prime Minister Modi's Italy visit is dominating social media chatter.
05:26With the Prime Minister's now viral Melody Diplomacy moment grabbing headlines online.
05:47But while the BJP calls Rahul's remark outrageous and anti-national, the Congress continues to sharpen its attack against the
05:55Modi government.
05:55And with the war of words getting nastier by the day, this political showdown is far from over.
06:03Bureau Report, India Today.
06:26I want to cut across first, let's bring in the political analysts while we wait for the spokespersons to join.
06:32Let's begin with you, Ashutosh.
06:34You have at one end where the Prime Minister wasn't an official visit.
06:38He's back to business back in the country.
06:42Some would suggest maybe bad taste to constantly attack the Prime Minister.
06:46He is the Prime Minister.
06:47There will be official visits.
06:49He will have to take the country's point of view abroad.
06:52And he's doing exactly that.
06:53To attack him on that front, would you think a tad bit unsavory?
06:58Preeti, I think it's a, I think let's not get into this, the language, niceties of Indian politicians.
07:06Nobody swears nobody.
07:07Everybody is out to discredit other by choices, tough words and abuses being used against each other.
07:15Nothing new.
07:16If you can go, just Google, you'll find how many times Rahul Gandhi has been called Pakistani,
07:20how many times he's been called anti-national, Gaddar, Patriot and all kinds of things.
07:24Even also the very, very personal attacks too.
07:28And similarly, the Prime Minister also gets the same kind of treatment from the opposition,
07:32like terrorist kind of thing with Khadge has said and others also.
07:36So let's not get into this.
07:37Even on the floor of the Parliament, a Member of Parliament from the BJP calls another Member of Parliament
07:42the kind of word which I can't even use now here.
07:45So I think it's useless to talk about the language niceties.
07:49The issue is that Rahul Gandhi has realized that this is the time to attack Prime Minister Modi
07:55on the issue of economics, on the issue of the need to leave a paper leak.
08:00And these are the genuine issues because not only the opposition,
08:05but every expert you meet in the economic field,
08:08they realize that Indian economy is in some kind of a deep crisis.
08:11I mean, the Prime Minister himself has acknowledged this.
08:14So when there is a serious, serious crisis, if there is a serious challenges,
08:18why not opposition should attack the government?
08:22That's the job of the opposition.
08:23And the BJP is feeling jittery.
08:24The BJP has every right to feel jittery.
08:26When your rupee is touching 97,
08:29when your FII is on a daily basis is leaving this country,
08:36going out and even your own Indian companies,
08:38they are losing interest in the Indian market and going out and investing somewhere else.
08:44I think the serious question is that why your import is rising on a daily basis
08:48and the export is not rising as it should.
08:50So there is a serious crisis.
08:51The government doesn't want to acknowledge that's a different thing altogether.
08:53The government want to hide behind the Iran crisis.
08:55It's a different thing altogether.
08:56But Rahul Gandhi has every right to criticize and attack Prime Minister,
09:01whether he is abroad or visiting the country.
09:03Two minutes, Rajat, your time starts now.
09:07He is the leader of opposition.
09:09This is the job of the opposition.
09:11And with attacking the Prime Minister,
09:14especially on that one viral moment with, you know,
09:18the Italian counterpart, Melanie,
09:20is also somewhere down the line with the Congress says,
09:23you know, things are terrible back at home.
09:25We have paper leaks where NEAT is concerned.
09:28The, you know, there is an economy scare.
09:30The Prime Minister himself has spoken of austerity measures.
09:33Then, you know, on a regular day,
09:36that lighter moment could have gone down well and been appreciated.
09:39This time around, at least the opposition says,
09:42this is rubbing salt on our wounds.
09:43Why is even the Prime Minister putting it out on a lighter moment, even then?
09:49See, Priti, I just feel that, quite honestly,
09:52opposition is cut out to oppose.
09:54That is the Swadharma.
09:56And we should not expect anything from them.
09:58That also, done in a healthy manner, also keeps the government in check.
10:03And that is what the role of a responsible opposition should be.
10:07But the real problem comes in when, you know,
10:10a leader like Rahul Gandhi comes in with such extreme remarks on NEAT paper leak.
10:14But, you know, you just have to pick Karnataka's record itself.
10:18Over the past three, four years, what has happened in the state of Karnataka
10:21and the SSLC paper leak issues have been there in every state.
10:27Rajasthan paper leaks was one of the main reasons why
10:30Congress Party lost its election in Rajasthan state.
10:33So, you know, the real problem comes in
10:35because you are trying to preach
10:37when you yourself and your governments,
10:39you haven't done an iota
10:40to actually bring in technocratic solutions
10:42to find a permanent sort of a response
10:46to paper leaks in this country.
10:48It's not like you are coming with a policy statement
10:50that, see, I'm a visionary leader.
10:52These are the five technocratic positions
10:53that we have as an opposition leader in our states
10:56where we are in power.
10:58We have implemented it
10:59and provided an alternate governance model
11:01before the students of this country.
11:04I mean, that is not happening here.
11:05All that he is doing is making vacuous statements
11:07which he can carry on.
11:08I mean, it's up to the public.
11:10And the public repeatedly over the past 12 years
11:12has voted and has not voted in favor of Rahul Gandhi.
11:15Clearly, the public doesn't believe his rhetoric.
11:17And this is where I believe,
11:19from a responsible opposition,
11:20the only thing that I expect is raise issues.
11:22You are most welcome in raising issues,
11:24but also provide pointed solutions,
11:27technocratic solutions,
11:28so that people believe in you.
11:29Instead of just having a nice,
11:31one nice day,
11:32you're coming out and making,
11:33you know, snide remarks on prime minister,
11:35when we all at least should be in unity
11:38when our leader of our country
11:40is going in representing the whole country,
11:42including Rahul Gandhi in Italy.
11:44But expecting that in this day and age
11:46seems a little difficult.
11:48All right, Pooja Tripathi,
11:49I want to bring you in.
11:50While Ashutosh says that the level of political discourse
11:53in this country has fallen to a level
11:54that we once shouldn't even get into,
11:56the usage of words.
11:58But, you know, Dr. Tripathi,
12:00it's something that your party always says, right?
12:03That we will never fall to a level
12:05where we'll use words like gaddar, traitor,
12:07for the prime minister.
12:08Would you think that's a tad bit unsavory,
12:10especially when he's traveling abroad?
12:14You know, Preeti,
12:15traveling abroad,
12:16I would just,
12:16I would like to take a second to answer Rajat.
12:19He was saying,
12:19why are you not giving any technocratic solutions?
12:21Why are you not giving any policy statement?
12:23The Parliamentary Standing Committee,
12:25created by Mr. Digby Chai Singh,
12:26gave a 10-pointer advice to the education minister
12:30on both the technocratic solution,
12:32you know, breaking the spine of leak mafia, everything.
12:35But what has got it, Darmil Pradhan say?
12:37That the parliamentary committee
12:38doesn't necessarily take any opposition member.
12:40That's when you talk about betraying the country.
12:45When Rahul Gandhi,
12:46let's look at the context,
12:47Rahul Gandhi was speaking at Samvidan Bangal Sabha
12:50and betraying the constitution,
12:52the common citizen is akin to betraying the country
12:55and that's where he used the gaddar.
12:57When you take a constitutional oath,
12:59any member of the parliament,
13:02including Prime Minister Modi Ji himself,
13:03they take a oath, you know,
13:05to not act against fear or ill will
13:07or not act in fear or favor on ill will and affection.
13:11But look at the, you know, various examples.
13:13I'll take, you know,
13:14Adani has given a fine of 2,800 crore in the US.
13:17Why?
13:17Because he was accused of giving 2,400 crore
13:20to the officials and politicians here.
13:22Then will the government launch a fair investigation
13:24that which officials did it right to write?
13:26No.
13:27That's acting of fear.
13:28Yesterday, Iranian finance minister,
13:30the foreign minister said that we are ready to sell India,
13:34you know, our fuel.
13:36But India is looking at US for a sanction waiver.
13:39India is looking at US for a Russian sanction waiver.
13:43You know, a Russian tanker full of gas lands at the age
13:46and is diverted to Singapore
13:47because of our extension deadline fair.
13:50This is fair.
13:50And when you talk about affection,
13:5223 lakh students are out on the streets
13:54and they're demanding justice
13:55and the education minister is still on its chair
13:58and is still giving us hollow promises
13:59that everything will be fine
14:01and there will be no need.
14:02And that's when you say
14:03you are betraying the very constitutional oath
14:05that you are taking.
14:06And that's akin to betraying the constitution.
14:09That's why he used the term Gadda.
14:11And it's rightly so.
14:12This government is a prime example
14:14of misplaced priorities.
14:18The opposition calls the prime minister Gadda,
14:21the government has called Rahul Gandhi anti-national.
14:25Let's say that cancels it out.
14:27These are trying times for the country.
14:29You have lacks of students
14:32who don't know where their future lies
14:34because important examination like NEET has been cancelled.
14:38Something that should have been sorted out in 2024 itself
14:41when the government promised
14:42that it would never repeat itself.
14:44It has.
14:45And these students are in lurch.
14:47On the other hand,
14:49clearly, you know,
14:50we might be collateral
14:51to what's happening in West Asia,
14:52but at the back of it,
14:54we are in the middle of austerity measures
14:56which have been put forth by no one else
14:58but the prime minister as well.
15:00And then when a video of a lighter moment
15:02on any good day,
15:04you know, it would have been,
15:06you know, people would have enjoyed that moment
15:08with the Italian prime minister
15:11as well as our prime minister.
15:12But when we are going through such trying times,
15:15some would call that a tad crass.
15:20Preeti, good evening.
15:22Let me first underline the seriousness of the situation.
15:26Our prime minister traveled to these five countries
15:29for very critical issues,
15:31for strategic partnerships.
15:32At a time when all the supply chains in the world
15:36have been disrupted,
15:37he has gone to every single country
15:39and secured something
15:41which is pressure for India at this point of time.
15:44And there is no taking away from it.
15:45I am not even getting into the kind of honors
15:47or welcome he gets in whatever country he goes to.
15:50Can you imagine that UAE is going to hold on
15:53to 30 million barrels of oil for us
15:56at no cost to us
15:57only because this visit happened?
15:59Can you imagine that now there are more and more countries
16:02which are betting on India's growth?
16:04And if you look at the exact number of investments
16:07that our honourable PM has secured
16:09from this one trip, one trip alone,
16:13it is over 3 lakh crore.
16:15That is going to generate lakhs of jobs in our country.
16:18Are you trying to tell me that is not important?
16:21See, the problem of the opposition is
16:22that they don't understand a space
16:24where a prime minister can be so loved at home and abroad.
16:28They don't understand a space
16:29where there are so many negotiations
16:31when done at that level is making India's future brighter.
16:35We are the fastest growing economy for a reason.
16:37See, since the time our PM has become prime minister,
16:40we have seen disruptions at a level
16:42that no previous PM has seen for a really, really long time.
16:46Covid happened in this time.
16:47In this time, two major wars have happened in the world.
16:50Supply chains have been disrupted.
16:52So everything that is happening in every country,
16:55UAE, energy security,
16:57Netherlands, semiconductors,
16:59Sweden, it is the green growth,
17:00Norway, future technology,
17:01Italy, our defence.
17:03So all of this lines up
17:05and stands behind India
17:06and accelerates its growth.
17:08So at a time like this,
17:09the opposition still chooses
17:10to cross the Lakshman Rekha
17:12on something which I think
17:14is a frivolous point to pick.
17:16They are not going to criticise the meetings,
17:18her honourable PM as had.
17:19They have nothing to add to that.
17:20In fact, they are not even concerned about
17:22what was the agenda behind the trip.
17:24What was the agenda?
17:24The time has ended and you have a fair point.
17:26You know, this is the prime minister's job
17:28and he needs to do it.
17:29And especially at a time like this,
17:31the point that was criticised is
17:33that one viral moment,
17:35should it have been avoided?
17:36And with the term that you used yourself,
17:38was it frivolous at a time like this?
17:40That's the question.
17:41I want to then go back.
17:43I'll come back to you, ma'am.
17:44You'll get your two minutes
17:45to put your point forward.
17:45I want to give each of you two minutes' time,
17:48Ashutosh, to take on the prime minister
17:51at a time where it's crucial
17:53that we strike certain deals,
17:55we get the best benefits
17:57and the best for the country back.
18:00He needs to do that.
18:01The prime minister needs to travel
18:03to go after him while he's abroad.
18:05Bad faith, especially where politics is concerned,
18:08wait for him to come back
18:09and take him on then.
18:11See, Priti, frankly speaking,
18:12I enjoyed that little bit of video
18:15which the prime minister had
18:17with the Italian prime minister.
18:19I think it's interesting.
18:20Let's enjoy it.
18:21Why to get after that the prime minister
18:22can't do this,
18:23prime minister can't do that.
18:24I think that's a very frivolous argument.
18:26I don't get into that
18:27and neither I enjoy that.
18:29See, the fact of the matter is
18:30just since it has been spoken
18:31that the opposition should give
18:32some constructive criticism
18:34as if the government is seeking
18:35some advice from the leader of opposition.
18:37I'm really aghast.
18:38This is something which I'm hearing
18:40for the first time
18:41that government should get advice
18:44from the opposition.
18:45The government's job is to find a solution
18:46if there is a crisis.
18:47Opposition's job is to criticize.
18:49You know, and on a much serious note,
18:51what is going on today
18:53is a reflection of a much deeper malay.
18:55I just finished a book,
18:56a very interesting book,
18:57How Democracy Dies.
18:58You know, the first characteristic
19:00this book talks about is
19:01that when opposition and the government
19:03both start disrespecting each other,
19:07when there is no respect for each other,
19:08there is no institutional forbearance,
19:10there is no mutual toleration for each other
19:13and that is when this kind of language is used.
19:16This is, they show that
19:17the kind of language
19:19which is being used
19:20by Indian politicians for each other,
19:22whether it is by the Prime Minister Party
19:24or by the Opposition Party,
19:26is a reflection of the fact
19:27that Indian democracy is weakening
19:28on a daily basis
19:29and both,
19:30the opposition and the government
19:32both are responsible for this.
19:33They can be equally accommodating,
19:37they can equally listen to each other,
19:39they can equally be nice to each other
19:40and criticize each other.
19:42But if you cross the line,
19:44I still remember in 2015
19:46when I was in the party,
19:47the Prime Minister
19:48has gone to the whole world
19:49and said,
19:50Arvind K. Jival is an urban naxal.
19:51Was that word required
19:54at that point of time?
19:55No, it wasn't required.
19:56But the fact of the matter is,
19:58if you say something like this,
20:00obviously the opposition will react
20:01and if the opposition
20:02says something,
20:03the government will react.
20:04So,
20:05this kind of language
20:06is a very serious,
20:08serious reflection
20:09of the way
20:10our democracy is functioning
20:11and how on a daily basis
20:12it's going down.
20:13So, the fact that there is no love lost
20:14and there's zero trust
20:15or the trust deficit
20:16is so huge
20:17between the opposition
20:18and the government
20:19can clearly be seen.
20:20In two minutes' time, Rajat,
20:21please make your point.
20:23Well, I don't want to take
20:24a myopic view on this.
20:26It's not like
20:27this trust deficit
20:28is a very recent phenomenon
20:29and it's not like
20:31democracy is dying
20:32according to the book
20:33How Democracies Dies.
20:34Democracy was in comatose
20:36around emergency time.
20:38For two years,
20:38it was in ICU.
20:40You know,
20:41the relationships
20:41between the government
20:42and the opposition
20:43wasn't hunky-dory
20:44during that time.
20:45So, let's not call out
20:46that this is a very special
20:47time in politics.
20:49Politics has been
20:50a dirty affair.
20:51A lot of well-intentioned
20:52people do not want
20:53to enter into politics
20:54primarily because of this
20:55and this is why
20:56it is expected
20:57that people need
20:57to develop thick skin
20:58and people who develop
20:59thick skin survive in politics
21:01and this is the art
21:02of the game.
21:03Let's not get into that.
21:04This is why I started off
21:05by saying opposition
21:06has the absolute right
21:08to go out and criticize
21:09and they should.
21:10The problem is that
21:11you also have to win elections.
21:12That's also the role
21:13of opposition.
21:14The problem is that
21:15you can only win
21:15the trust of the people
21:17because you've ruled
21:17this country
21:18or rather misrule
21:19this country
21:19for 60 years.
21:20Now, in order to rebuild
21:21the trust,
21:22you'll have to come up
21:23with absolutely stark solutions
21:25which stand out
21:26as compared to the BJP,
21:27the ruling party.
21:28This is what you need
21:29to do in the crucibles
21:31where you have power.
21:33Otherwise,
21:33who is going to trust you?
21:34So, the point is that
21:35if you do not want
21:36to win elections,
21:37if you want to make
21:38a vacuous statement
21:39and philosophical pivots
21:41around constitution
21:42and this and that,
21:42nobody will fall for it.
21:44The point is that
21:45ultimately,
21:46it is up to Rahul Gandhi
21:47himself to walk the talk
21:48in the states
21:49that he rules.
21:50Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
21:51when he rose up,
21:52he rose up with one state,
21:54with Gujarat presenting
21:55a model which was
21:56in sharp contrast
21:57to the rest of
21:58all of the other states.
21:59And this is how
22:00you build credibility
22:01and the whole country
22:02supported him
22:03and continues to support him.
22:04And this is the basic
22:05expectation that I have.
22:06You criticize him,
22:08you do whatever.
22:08Government says that
22:09I went,
22:10the Prime Minister went to Italy
22:11to safeguard the IMEC,
22:12which was such a pivotal project
22:14because of,
22:14you know,
22:15the looming war in Iran,
22:16the India-Middle East-European
22:18corridor was under danger
22:19and we have put in
22:20so much of diplomatic
22:21capital into that.
22:22Going to Italy
22:23and safeguarding,
22:24that was so essential.
22:25But, you know,
22:26you can't expect
22:27debates on these topics
22:28from the opposition
22:29because they want to...
22:30Okay.
22:31So, Dr. Tripathi,
22:31while you're hankering
22:32on that one viral moment
22:34with the Italian Prime Minister,
22:35you're missing the woods
22:37from the trees.
22:37Look at the bigger picture.
22:40Of course,
22:41we are not hankering
22:41because, you know,
22:42Modi Ji himself gifted us
22:44this viral reel
22:46and made a mockery
22:47of the sufferings
22:48of the common people.
22:50And that's what everybody's saying.
22:52You know,
22:52you give sermons
22:54on austerity in the country.
22:55You say,
22:56a huge economic crisis
22:57is at our doorstep.
22:58You ask us to work from home.
22:59You ask us to travel public.
23:01You ask us to not buy gold.
23:03And there,
23:03you give toffees
23:06to an Italian head of state.
23:08And that's what we are saying.
23:09You know,
23:10you are the person,
23:12you are the head of state,
23:12you haven't said a word
23:13on the paper league.
23:15Youths of India
23:16are today at the brunt
23:17of a, you know,
23:18jobless growth.
23:19Youth of the India
23:20are on streets
23:21protesting against paper league.
23:22Their future is in dilemma.
23:24The back-breaking inflation
23:25is killing every common man.
23:27Pulses,
23:28the milk for rupees,
23:29bread has been increased,
23:31paneer,
23:32chaat,
23:32everything.
23:33Petrol prices have been increased.
23:34Petrol and diesel prices
23:35have increased twice.
23:37LPG has seen a 120% high.
23:39And everything,
23:40you know,
23:40you have asked farmers
23:41to cut down
23:42on your fertilizer supply.
23:43And what you,
23:44by making a viral deal,
23:46by making a viral deal
23:47in the times
23:47when everybody
23:48is actually worried,
23:50everybody is panic-stricken,
23:51everybody is feeling anxiety
23:53because Prime Minister
23:54has said so.
23:55Because Prime Minister
23:55just a few days back,
23:57just a few weeks back
23:58was saying everything is good,
23:59the situation is in control,
24:01will not hike prices.
24:02But he,
24:03most elections,
24:03he has been hiking prices.
24:05And he has asked the country
24:06to follow austerity measures
24:07and then comes,
24:08then comes a viral deal.
24:10And it's a mockery
24:10of people suffering,
24:12mockery of asking people
24:13to do tyag and balidan
24:16for Desh Shetar
24:17making viral Instagram deals.
24:19What kind of balance is that?
24:21And that's what we are saying.
24:22Why,
24:22why,
24:23you know,
24:23you are actually mocking
24:24people suffering.
24:25And that's what opposition
24:26has been pointing out.
24:28Viral deal is just a point
24:29to point out the absurdities,
24:31point out the mystery's priorities.
24:33But the point we are raising
24:34is where is your priority?
24:36Why haven't you spoken
24:37on the need people?
24:38We don't want to
24:39education ministers.
24:40I mean,
24:40you should have
24:41shanked him from day one.
24:42You should have
24:42disbanded the NPA.
24:44But no,
24:44you didn't say a word.
24:45All right,
24:45two minutes,
24:46Shahruh Pragya.
24:48So,
24:49my point is very simple.
24:51India's democracy
24:52is strong enough
24:53for criticism.
24:54But democracy also requires
24:56some amount of responsibility,
24:57right?
24:58And I asked this earlier also,
25:00Piti,
25:01tell me,
25:01one other aspect
25:02of this entire tour
25:03that the opposition
25:04focused on
25:05or found it important
25:06to talk about.
25:07They completely
25:08missed the fact
25:09that today,
25:10India has become
25:11a very important voice
25:13in all global conversations,
25:15whether it is about
25:15supply chains,
25:16whether it is about
25:17AI,
25:17whether it is about
25:18energy corridors,
25:19digital public infrastructure,
25:21all of that.
25:22So now,
25:23when the opposition
25:24resorts to calling
25:25a prime minister traitor,
25:27mind you,
25:27they did not make
25:28any other comment about it.
25:30You are simply
25:30calling him a traitor.
25:32When you resort
25:32to doing things like that,
25:33are you harming
25:34the honourable prime minister
25:35or are you harming
25:36India?
25:37Because this is
25:38harming India.
25:39This is not
25:39criticising a political
25:40party or a person
25:42that you do not like.
25:43At the end of the day,
25:44what you can do
25:45is be hostile to BJP.
25:48Please be
25:48if you want to be.
25:49But please don't
25:50sound hostile
25:51to India's global interest,
25:53which is how
25:53you end up sounding
25:54when Rahul Gandhi
25:56makes a frivolous
25:57statement like he made.
25:58He called the PM
25:58a traitor.
25:59How can you say
26:00something like that?
26:00And have you ever seen
26:02any other democracy
26:03in the world
26:04resorting to such a low
26:05that randomly
26:07you throw words around?
26:08Is that how
26:09ill-prepared,
26:10ill-educated
26:11or lack of words
26:12you have
26:13that you can't even
26:14frame two complete
26:15sentences
26:15without sounding
26:17like somebody
26:17who's out to just
26:18destroy India's image?
26:19And in fact,
26:20if that is the case,
26:21I would believe so.
26:22Every time he's been
26:23given a global platform,
26:24he's not used it
26:25to better India
26:26and India's image,
26:27India's position.
26:28He's only used it
26:29to bring India down.
26:29And I challenge you,
26:31I challenge you,
26:31sit down and make a list
26:33of what has happened
26:34in the last five countries
26:35that our Honourable PM
26:36visited.
26:37After how long
26:38some of these countries
26:39were visited,
26:40the gains that we've had,
26:41the lakhs of people
26:42who are going to get jobs,
26:44the three lakh crore
26:45plus of investments
26:46which are going to flow
26:47into India,
26:47sit down,
26:48take a look at that list
26:49you made.
26:50Alright,
26:50the time is up.
26:52I think where
26:53political discourse
26:54is concerned,
26:54it is rock bottom.
26:55So one can't really,
26:56if it's good for the goose,
26:57it's good for the gander.
26:58It cuts both ways.
26:59Let's leave it at that.
27:00I appreciate all four of you
27:01for joining us.
27:03We'll have you again soon.
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