“There is no problem between the people of India and Pakistan”, Rahul Gandhi on Ind-Pak relations
During an event in Paris attended by students and academics, Rahul Gandhi, a prominent Congress leader, strongly criticized the BJP and its ideological precursor, the RSS. He asserted that the government is prioritizing power at any cost and emphasized that their actions do not align with Hindu principles. The discussion, which took place at Sciences PO University in Paris, a renowned social sciences institution in France, covered various topics. These included Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra, the initiatives of the opposition coalition, the evolving global landscape, and other critical issues. He emphasized the Opposition's dedication to safeguarding the "essence of India" and expressed confidence that the country would overcome its current challenges. Stay tuned to Mirror Now for the latest updates.
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Transcript
00:00 Basically, I am Parma Abbas,
00:02 and I am an international security student at SIA,
00:06 and I'm from Pakistan.
00:07 And my question for you today is,
00:10 Asia currently has three countries which are nuclear powers,
00:15 and all three of them share a border with each other.
00:18 And if you are in power next, in the next elections,
00:23 how do you attempt at at least trying to promote peace
00:28 within the region, because I don't think
00:31 any of those three countries can afford a war?
00:34 (audience applauding)
00:37 - Yeah.
00:38 I think, of course,
00:40 it's not an easy thing that you're describing.
00:44 It's a complicated and a difficult thing,
00:52 but I think it's important that we think about peace
00:56 between India and Pakistan,
00:58 and we at least imagine the possibilities
01:03 of peace between our two countries.
01:05 That said, there is mischief that the Pakistanis get up to,
01:13 and that becomes a problem for us.
01:20 That becomes a little problem for us,
01:21 because, of course, our people get hurt.
01:24 And so we need that mischief to stop,
01:29 and we need this interference in our affairs
01:33 to stop a little bit if we are to discuss
01:36 peace with Pakistan.
01:38 But saying that,
01:40 and this is my experience,
01:44 I don't think there is a problem between the people
01:47 of Pakistan and the people of India.
01:49 And if you come to Europe, you go to the United States,
01:52 I'm sure over here,
01:54 the people of India and the people of Pakistan
01:58 get along just fine.
01:59 They understand each other.
02:01 And I remember when I went to watch the cricket match
02:05 once in Karachi, I thought I'd landed in an Indian town.
02:09 I was like, this is exactly what home looks like.
02:12 So there are a lot of similarities.
02:14 And I think it is the governments
02:18 and that aspect that causes the problem.
02:23 And I think we should think about increasing
02:26 communication between our people
02:30 and trying to at least build a foundation
02:32 of a peaceful future.
02:34 - Thank you. - Thank you.
02:36 - What are you studying?
02:38 - International security, Asia and intelligence.
02:41 - Okay, and what are your one or two main points for me?
02:46 (audience laughing)
02:49 (audience applauding)
02:53 Are you trying to figure out
02:54 how to defend yourselves from us?
02:56 Or are you trying to figure out
02:59 how to cause problems for us?
03:01 So you're thinking of a peaceful future.
03:03 - I think currently we are trying to be friends with China
03:07 and you're not liking that very much.
03:09 And then since we're neighbors,
03:12 I think India is also very mischievous.
03:14 So something we both have to work on.
03:16 - But you have to be, you know what?
03:20 You have to be very careful
03:22 who you give financial control of your country to.
03:26 (audience applauding)
03:30 Because you can, and I know you understand what I'm saying.
03:36 Because you can suddenly find yourself
03:38 in a place where you didn't wanna be.
03:40 - Yeah. - You know?
03:43 But I think there is,
03:48 maybe not in the short term,
03:53 but I think in the medium to long term,
03:55 there is scope for peace between Pakistan and India.
03:59 And I think youngsters like you should be
04:02 thinking of a world where that happens.
04:06 - Thank you. - Thank you, nice.
04:10 (audience applauding)
04:13 - Gentlemen.
04:16 - Hi, my name's Amir.
04:18 Sorry.
04:19 My name's Amir, I'm a student in international security.
04:21 And I was actually about to ask a very similar question
04:23 because my dad's from Pakistan, my mom's from India.
04:26 (audience applauding)
04:27 - So you're also from Pakistan?
04:29 - Yeah, both.
04:30 - Okay, so we got a lineup now.
04:32 No problem, I'm okay with it.
04:34 - So I was gonna actually ask exactly the same question
04:36 about nuclear relations between two countries,
04:38 but I'm still gonna ask you a question
04:40 more specifically about Kashmir
04:42 and what a roadmap to peace between the two countries
04:44 relating to that specific area would be.
04:46 - I can't hear what you're saying, can you?
04:48 - Yes, sorry.
04:49 Oh, there we go.
04:50 I was gonna ask you specifically on Kashmir,
04:53 what a roadmap to peace between the two countries
04:55 would look like?
04:56 - You know, I mean, if I knew that,
05:02 I mean, there'd be no problem.
05:05 I think the roadmap is complicated.
05:09 With regards to Kashmir, of course,
05:17 in the Congress Party, we had,
05:20 you know, when 370 happened, we had a discussion
05:26 and our view is in our working committee resolution.
05:29 We are arguing that Jammu Kashmir should be given
05:34 their state back, the statehood back.
05:37 But, you know, the question of peace
05:43 between India and Pakistan,
05:44 that's a complicated and difficult question.
05:49 I think what I was saying earlier
05:59 about, you know, the China and the United States
06:04 and the changing dynamics on the globe,
06:11 I think we have to be very, very careful
06:16 and very, very thoughtful about how we are acting.
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