On Doklam struggle
"I don't have the details of the conflict. So I can't say how I could have handled it differently."
"Doklam is not an isolated issue. It was a part of a sequence of events, it was a process. Prime Minister is episodic. He views Doklam as an event. If he was carefully watching the process, he could've stopped it."
"The truth is the Chinese are still in Doklam today."
On talks with Pakistan
"It is very difficult to talk to Pakistan because there is no one institution which is in complete power. Thus, we will wait until they form a consistent structure."
"There is no deeply thought out strategy by PM Modi when it comes to Pakistan."
On China
"A an identical transformation is happening in China. While ours is a extra organic process, the Chinese method is a little violent. China is emerging and there are penalties of that rise on the planet. India can play a balancing role and construct a bridge that may make the world a more secure position.”
"India specialises in reducing disagreement. The central principle for India is- when any person was requested "whether India leans left or right", the answer was "India stands straight"
"Although we have a traditional link with the Chinese, with regards to the democratic structure we have more in common with European countries."
On dropping 2014 Lok Sabha polls
"At a party level, there was a certain degree of arrogance that had crept into the party after being in ten years in power. The lesson we learned from 2014 is that leadership is about listening and empathy."
On the impending 2019 Lok Sabha polls
"If there is an alliance in UP and Bihar then the BJP cannot win the election 2019. An alliance of Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in UP and a similar alliance in Bihar will cost the BJP 120 seats."
On alleged dilution of autonomy of the country's establishments
"RSS is trying to change the nature of India. Other parties haven't tried to capture India's institutions. RSS's idea is similar to the idea of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Arab world."
"You can see Indian institutes being toned down one by one."
On Centralization of energy
“One of my primary lawsuits concerning the present govt in India is that I do not see a coherent technique based on India's strengths. I most effective see knee-jerk reactions.”
“If deeply the design of India, you're going to see that we are punching under our weight. I do not see India maximising its energy.”
“By developing divisions between 1.3billion folks, India's strengths are reduced.”
“India's economic energy lies in tens of millions of MSMEs- they invent jobs. When one bypasses the entire institutional structure and comes to a decision to demonetise the nation that's not maximising India's energy. The concept of demonetisation came immediately from RSS, bypassed the Finance Minister and RBI, and was planted in Prime Minister's head. India's successes have come whenever energy has been decentralised. What is happening within the last four years is a large centralisation of energy.”
On surgical moves, NRC in Assam
Surgical moves had been performed by way of the Army, 100 in keeping with cent.
"NRC (in Assam) was started by us. It was our idea. However, there is a serious issue in its implementation. There is a large number of people who are Indians and are not part of the (draft) NRC list."
On PM Modi's 'Make In India' initiative
"PM's Make In India find top 15 business in India and helps them. You are not going to generate jobs from them. India can learn from China is how to open up air travel. In China, the local government runs the system. In India PMO runs the system. A PMO office can veto a road in the local district."
Businesses had expected a lot from PM Modi. But they're disillusioned and are keen to beef up us. But these days, there may be an immense amount of pressure from CBI, ED on India's companies.
On foreign policy
By breaking the monopoly of MEA and by way of making it extra available to other parts of society a contemporary MEA can be shaped. The foreign minister of India spends a large period of time in just making visas.
'There can be tens of millions of different voices within the country'
"The West did not believe in India in 1947. But India proved the West wrong. What allowed us to succeed is that thousands of people built the institutions, and these are the institutions that are under attack today."
"Thousands and thousands of people who worked together to accomplish their own tiny revolutions. The idea we defend is that there can be millions of different voices in the country."
'India is a rustic in transition'
"Broadly, India has been in a transition over the last 70 years. A rural country has transformed using democratic principles. Our transformation has been peaceful. One unstated principle was that benefits would go to all Indians, no one would be left out. Another principle was that the pace of change will differ for different people. Right to food, work, and information were all structures designed to ease people during the pain of this transformation."
"I don't have the details of the conflict. So I can't say how I could have handled it differently."
"Doklam is not an isolated issue. It was a part of a sequence of events, it was a process. Prime Minister is episodic. He views Doklam as an event. If he was carefully watching the process, he could've stopped it."
"The truth is the Chinese are still in Doklam today."
सच्चाई ये है कि चीनी आज भी डोकलाम में मौजूद हैं : कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष @RahulGandhi #RahulGandhiInLondon https://t.co/IdSitVe4I9
— Congress (@INCIndia) 1535105861000On talks with Pakistan
"It is very difficult to talk to Pakistan because there is no one institution which is in complete power. Thus, we will wait until they form a consistent structure."
"There is no deeply thought out strategy by PM Modi when it comes to Pakistan."
On China
"A an identical transformation is happening in China. While ours is a extra organic process, the Chinese method is a little violent. China is emerging and there are penalties of that rise on the planet. India can play a balancing role and construct a bridge that may make the world a more secure position.”
"India specialises in reducing disagreement. The central principle for India is- when any person was requested "whether India leans left or right", the answer was "India stands straight"
"Although we have a traditional link with the Chinese, with regards to the democratic structure we have more in common with European countries."
On dropping 2014 Lok Sabha polls
"At a party level, there was a certain degree of arrogance that had crept into the party after being in ten years in power. The lesson we learned from 2014 is that leadership is about listening and empathy."
The lesson we discovered from 2014 is that leadership is ready listening and empathy: Congress President @RahulGandhi #RahulGandhiInLondon
— Congress (@INCIndia) 1535105860000On the impending 2019 Lok Sabha polls
"If there is an alliance in UP and Bihar then the BJP cannot win the election 2019. An alliance of Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in UP and a similar alliance in Bihar will cost the BJP 120 seats."
On alleged dilution of autonomy of the country's establishments
"RSS is trying to change the nature of India. Other parties haven't tried to capture India's institutions. RSS's idea is similar to the idea of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Arab world."
"You can see Indian institutes being toned down one by one."
On Centralization of energy
“One of my primary lawsuits concerning the present govt in India is that I do not see a coherent technique based on India's strengths. I most effective see knee-jerk reactions.”
“If deeply the design of India, you're going to see that we are punching under our weight. I do not see India maximising its energy.”
“By developing divisions between 1.3billion folks, India's strengths are reduced.”
“India's economic energy lies in tens of millions of MSMEs- they invent jobs. When one bypasses the entire institutional structure and comes to a decision to demonetise the nation that's not maximising India's energy. The concept of demonetisation came immediately from RSS, bypassed the Finance Minister and RBI, and was planted in Prime Minister's head. India's successes have come whenever energy has been decentralised. What is happening within the last four years is a large centralisation of energy.”
On surgical moves, NRC in Assam
Surgical moves had been performed by way of the Army, 100 in keeping with cent.
"NRC (in Assam) was started by us. It was our idea. However, there is a serious issue in its implementation. There is a large number of people who are Indians and are not part of the (draft) NRC list."
On PM Modi's 'Make In India' initiative
"PM's Make In India find top 15 business in India and helps them. You are not going to generate jobs from them. India can learn from China is how to open up air travel. In China, the local government runs the system. In India PMO runs the system. A PMO office can veto a road in the local district."
Businesses had expected a lot from PM Modi. But they're disillusioned and are keen to beef up us. But these days, there may be an immense amount of pressure from CBI, ED on India's companies.
On foreign policy
By breaking the monopoly of MEA and by way of making it extra available to other parts of society a contemporary MEA can be shaped. The foreign minister of India spends a large period of time in just making visas.
'There can be tens of millions of different voices within the country'
"The West did not believe in India in 1947. But India proved the West wrong. What allowed us to succeed is that thousands of people built the institutions, and these are the institutions that are under attack today."
"Thousands and thousands of people who worked together to accomplish their own tiny revolutions. The idea we defend is that there can be millions of different voices in the country."
'India is a rustic in transition'
"Broadly, India has been in a transition over the last 70 years. A rural country has transformed using democratic principles. Our transformation has been peaceful. One unstated principle was that benefits would go to all Indians, no one would be left out. Another principle was that the pace of change will differ for different people. Right to food, work, and information were all structures designed to ease people during the pain of this transformation."
Rahul Gandhi's address at IISS in London: Key points
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