‘In a democracy, dynasty is nasty, but it’s tasty to many people in this country’

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Senior BJP Leader Venkaiah Naidu

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Coomi Kapoor: Maybe you were handicapped in the elections by your prime ministerial candidate while Congress succeeded in projecting the image of the youth.•

Your question is contradictory: who is the youth—Manmohan Singh?

•Coomi Kapoor: Rahul Gandhi was Congress’s biggest campaigner and they had many more young candidates than your party. Didn’t that play a role in the BJP’s defeat?

Our prime ministerial candidate is no handicap at all. He is the best available candidate in the country in terms of his character, calibre and conduct. He has energy, he has the experience and he is in better physical condition than many of the politicians in the country.

This propaganda about Rahul Gandhi’s youth appeal, I don’t go by that. He was a campaigner during the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttaranchal, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh but that didn’t help the Congress. If you go through general election results in Karnataka, Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, they did not go by the so-called Rahul Gandhi influence. There are many reasons for what happened: one is the performance of the state governments, another is the organisational strength of the political parties. Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal together account for nearly 130 seats. Here, the BJP is not a force by itself and does not have the organisational strength to convert its larger appeal into votes. People thought the BJP would not win because we are organisationally weak. In all these areas where the other fronts had considerable strength, organisationally, they made the big mistake of saying that the Third Front is the alternative and the leader will be decided later. This worked to the Congress’s advantage. People didn’t like the Third Front because they didn’t want any roadblocks for the central government. They were not happy with the disruptions during Manmohan Singh’s last government because of the Communists. Therefore, in areas where BJP is not a force and other parties are a force, Congress was the biggest beneficiary.

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brave to brace defeat...By: Chandru | 10-Jun-2009 Reply | Forward Very few take defeat also equally. Its great to hear from leader of such stature about the facts that have affected their winning chances. Unfortunately, some of his party colleagues were going cheap and blaming each other. Hope they learn from leaders like Mr. Naidu and act for the betterment of the party. At the same time, thinking of the Party on castes, and communities should be changed with the changing times.

Good unbiased fact finding interviewBy: Chanakya Canada | 08-Jun-2009 Reply | Forward After this interview, my respect for Venkaiah Naidu has gone up several notches. IE also posed tough questions, and stayed away from news mongering! But one thing I would like to add is that when 1-in-7 (if not 1-in-6) Indian is a Muslim, the minority tag does not make any sense. When Muslims will join the mainstream, India will naturally lead the 21st century!

Good interviewBy: Kannan | 07-Jun-2009 Reply | Forward A good one from Naidu. The Indians in general have a slave mentality and no God can help them. The minorities in Bihar voted for the super man Lalu and his family for over 15 years. They never improved. The minorities always voted for Congress. The result is devastating. They have not progressed and some misguided youths have gone to the extreme. The media controlled by the dynasty accuse BJP but the real culprits are the shameless and spineless Congress men. The media will keep quiet when DMK thugs go ahead and destroy the Ram Sethu but will blow up the work of Ram Sena on Valentine's day. Great India. UPA leads it on path of destruction and disintegration.

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