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Thursday, July 17, 2008
N-deal will change India like computers did: Rahul
With the trial of strength in the Lok Sabha staring the UPA government in the face, AICC general secretary and Amethi MP Rahul Gandhi aggressively championed the India-US nuke deal. “It could open new vistas for the country in the fields of power, energy, nuclear technology, employment generation and present an ideal opportunity to take India into the global big league within next 15 years,’’ said the Gandhi scion.
Rahul drew parallels between the proposed nuke deal and his father Rajiv Gandhi’s launching information technology and heralding the computer age in India. As a young lad, he said, he had observed the reaction to his father’s decision to introduce computers. “Everyone thought it was ridiculous. What good would a computer do to a farmer, they asked,’’ Rahul said that the response to the proposed nuke deal is quite similar, and that time will prove this was the right decision.
Opponents of the nuke deal, Rahul said, talk about the mere 3% of our energy requirements that it will meet. But how can anyone be sure that young Indian scientists would not find the method to increase it to 70%, he asked.
Rahul also claimed young politicians across parties, including the BJP, were in favour of the nuclear deal. “Every right thinking person favours it. Every youngster is clear about its advantages. This includes young politicians in the BJP and other parties, too,’’ Rahul said. In private, he said, these leaders admit that the deal is good - it’s only their seniors who are opposing the deal.
Exuding confidence that his party was poised to clear the trust vote, the Gandhi scion said that even the spectre of defeat would not deter the Congress now that the die was cast. Facing the media on last day of his Amethi tour on Wednesday, Rahul said, “Sometimes in life one has to take risks... The government is taking such a risk... par theek hai. Sarkar gir jaaye to gir jaye (if the government falls, so be it),’’ Rahul said.
“When you are clear about national interest, numbers don’t matter,’’ Rahul said. “The PM has taken a decision and it’s the right decision... We will win the trust vote, and even if we don’t, it doesn’t matter,’’ he said. The PM, he further said, has shown true leadership and proved he has vision, tenacity and leadership. “I am proud of him and 100% with him,’’ Rahul declared.
Rahul, who once again had dinner with a Dalit family in Amethi on Tuesday night, sought to debunk the perception that he was deliberately wooing the community. He said he goes to Brahmin and OBC households too but the media takes note only when he visits a Dalit family.
Rahul drew parallels between the proposed nuke deal and his father Rajiv Gandhi’s launching information technology and heralding the computer age in India. As a young lad, he said, he had observed the reaction to his father’s decision to introduce computers. “Everyone thought it was ridiculous. What good would a computer do to a farmer, they asked,’’ Rahul said that the response to the proposed nuke deal is quite similar, and that time will prove this was the right decision.
Opponents of the nuke deal, Rahul said, talk about the mere 3% of our energy requirements that it will meet. But how can anyone be sure that young Indian scientists would not find the method to increase it to 70%, he asked.
Rahul also claimed young politicians across parties, including the BJP, were in favour of the nuclear deal. “Every right thinking person favours it. Every youngster is clear about its advantages. This includes young politicians in the BJP and other parties, too,’’ Rahul said. In private, he said, these leaders admit that the deal is good - it’s only their seniors who are opposing the deal.
Exuding confidence that his party was poised to clear the trust vote, the Gandhi scion said that even the spectre of defeat would not deter the Congress now that the die was cast. Facing the media on last day of his Amethi tour on Wednesday, Rahul said, “Sometimes in life one has to take risks... The government is taking such a risk... par theek hai. Sarkar gir jaaye to gir jaye (if the government falls, so be it),’’ Rahul said.
“When you are clear about national interest, numbers don’t matter,’’ Rahul said. “The PM has taken a decision and it’s the right decision... We will win the trust vote, and even if we don’t, it doesn’t matter,’’ he said. The PM, he further said, has shown true leadership and proved he has vision, tenacity and leadership. “I am proud of him and 100% with him,’’ Rahul declared.
Rahul, who once again had dinner with a Dalit family in Amethi on Tuesday night, sought to debunk the perception that he was deliberately wooing the community. He said he goes to Brahmin and OBC households too but the media takes note only when he visits a Dalit family.
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