New Delhi: During a conversation with Harvard Kennedy School professor Nicholas Burns, a statement made by Rahul Gandhi has sparked controversy. He accused U.S. of keep silent about 'what's happening in India'.
Rahul Gandhi said, “I don’t hear anything from the US establishment. If you are saying ‘partnership of democracies’, what is your view on what is going on here?" He further compliment the country and added "I fundamentally believe that America is a profound idea, the idea of freedom, the way it is encapsulated in your constitution, it’s a very powerful idea. But you have to defend that idea. And that is the real question.”
When Rahul Gandhi was asked what would be his priority if he was the prime minister, he said he would move from a growth-centric idea to a job-centric idea of the economy. The only way to start the economy now is to jumpstart production and put a huge amount of money in the hands of people, he added.
The former Congress chief noted that the growth of the economy is meaningless if it does not create enough jobs and that jobs creation and value addition need to be put on a "mission mode" in the country in the next few years.
The former American diplomat Burns asked about the farmer protests, he said it is again about how one runs the country. Gandhi argued 'What has happened is that the government has shut the feedback route, so the farmers have no other way except to come out on the streets.'
"It is absolutely necessary to reform agriculture, but you cannot attack the foundation of the agriculture system and you certainly cannot do that without having a conversation, because they are going to react," he said.