
On his appointment itself, he said the final call was taken by "the Congress President and the Prime Minister and I answered the call of duty."
He told reporters that he enjoyed working with all of them, since he always followed the principle that there were times when one must speak and there were times when one must observe reticence. "Whenever I felt silence and reticence is the better course, I observed it."
In this age and time and given the size of India's complexities, he said it was better to communicate through the media and explain government's position.