RAHUL GANDHI IN THE US THIS YEAR

“Most parties in India have that problem. So don’t give us stick because Akhilesh Yadav is a dynast. Stalin is a dynast. (Prem Kumar) Dhumal’s son is a dynast, even Abhishek Bachchan is a dynast. That is how India runs.”

“Around 2012, arrogance crept into the Congress and we stopped having conversations with people.”

“There’s a BJP machine, 1,000 guys with computers, to abuse me, tell you I’m reluctant, I’m stupid. Here I am. Listen to me. Judge for yourself… It’s a tremendous machine. All day they spread abuse about me, and the operation is run by the gentleman who is running our country.”

“Being a reluctant politician is perspective from 1,000 BJP followers sitting on machines only spreading rumours about me.”

“Indira Gandhi was asked whether India would switch ‘left or right’. She said it will stand straight and tall.”

“Indira Gandhi’s bodyguards, who shot her 32 times, were my friends. I used to play badminton with them. So, on one day, I saw my grandmother shot and my friends shot. Violence against anybody is wrong, and I condemn it. I absolutely love the (Sikh) community.”

“What I sense is that he (Narendra Modi) does not converse with the people he works with; even members of Parliament and BJP tell me that.”

“Currently, all the attention in India is paid to the top 100 companies. Everything is geared towards them. Banking systems are monopolised by them, the doors of government are always open to them, laws are shaped by them. Entrepreneurs running small and medium businesses struggle to get bank loans. They have no protection or support. They are the bedrock of India and the world’s innovation. Big businesses can easily manage the unpredictability of India.”