•Hello and welcome to Walk the Talk. I am Shekhar Gupta and my guest this week is probably, in fact, most likely india’s most popular politician, one of its friendliest faces Ram Vilas Paswan, welcome to walk the talk. I said most popular and also the smartest always on the winning side. The side that Paswan is on, that’s the side that wins. Successful, 4 MPs and 4 key portfolios.

Its just that there must be a difference between common man and leader. I am standing here and I can see till about 2000 (gaj) acres???. But if are in 10 storey high building or in a helicopter, you would see till 2 kms. Similarly a leader should have a vision. If he thinks like the common man, he can’t be a leader.

•A leader has to think big and think of the future ahead. Anything can happen in politics. But you, Mulayam Singh Yadav and Lalu together, nobody could have imagined three months back.

Its just that whatever happened in the Parliament recently. It’s a disgrace for the country and it’s a deed that brought disgrace to the Parliament also. For now, the whole matter is before the Speaker to be examined. But above all, is the national interest. After that comes the interest of the parties and then comes the individual’s interest. But if an individual’s interest becomes more important than the party’s interest and party’s interest becomes more important than the national interest, than that country goes to hell. Whatever happened here, national interest was never considered. And if something happens that goes against the interest of the country, then the individuals whether Lalu, Paswan or Mulyam, are not considered.

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