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Articles: Interview | Mere ko pagal kutte...
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Rahul Bajaj: I never said anything of that sort. I have repeatedly said that I
have no desire to get into politics.
Karan Thapar: But you have just got into politics.
Rahul Bajaj: I have not got into politics. If I got elected in a party ticket
or if I decided to work for a political party if I decided to work in villages
if I decided to make slogans of garibi hatao, with no desire to do that, all
that I will not do. I have not taken any obligations from any party. I don't
want to be obligated.
Karan Thapar: Mr Bajaj you are wonderful with words but the problem is that you
are short on logic. Parliament and being an MP is part of politics.
Rahul Bajaj: Where did you go to school Karan?
Karan Thapar: Is that relevant?
Rahul Bajaj: It is very relevant because your logic is illogical.
Karan Thapar:If it is relevant I will tell you. I went to Doon School,
Cambridge, Oxford and I know a lot about politics.
Rahul Bajaj: I went to Cathedral, St. Stephens, and Harvard, slightly better
than you in every respect. So I understand logic. But I am a humble man unlike
you.
Karan Thapar: I am not sure you are showing humility at the moment. You are
showing a lot of defiance.
Rahul Bajaj: The audience will judge that.
Karan Thapar: The world assumes and has done so for generations, maybe even
centuries.
Rahul Bajaj: Have you heard of Henry Paulson, the Chairman of Goldman Sachs? He
just became the US Treasury Secretary.
Karan Thapar: So, he is in politics.
Rahul Bajaj: He is not in politics.
Karan Thapar: Of course he is in politics. Anyone who's a minister in the US
Government is in politics. It's incredible for you to say to me that it's not
the case.
Rahul Bajaj: I think we have to change the subject.
Karan Thapar: I am very keen to change the subject but only when you answer me
adequately.
Rahul Bajaj: Adequate answer is I am not in politics. I am in the Rajya Sabha.
I continue to be an industrialist. I continue to be in a citizen of India. I
will represent India, Indian interests, Maharashtra's interests, Indian
industries' interests but not two-wheeler three-wheeler industries' interests.
Karan Thapar: Do you have a complex about politics that you cannot accept that
as an MP you are in politics?
Rahul Bajaj: No I do not have a complex but I cannot serve the people of my
country if I join politics. Then I must serve them. I must be ready to get up
at six in the morning and sleep at 12 at night.
Karan Thapar: Independent MP's serve the country. They are in politics as much
as anyone else. Why can't you accept that?
Rahul Bajaj: Because it's not a fact. I don't intend doing that.
Karan Thapar: When Shabana Azmi and Kuldeep Nayar were nominated to the Rajya
Sabha, they accepted that as Rajya Sabha MP's they were in politics.
Rahul Bajaj: Lata Mangeshkar was nominated too but she did not open her mouth
for six years and I hold her in very high regard.
Karan Thapar: She was in politics too. You fought an election, a very bitterly
political election. That makes you a politician without any doubt.
Rahul Bajaj: That's between the NCP and the Congress. That's their politics.
Karan Thapar: But you fought the election.
Rahul Bajaj: I filed my nomination only.
Karan Thapar: So the bottom line is that although you are an MP, although you
are a member of the Rajya Sabha, you refuse to accept that you are a
politician.
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