and joining me now is a senior Congress member, Minister in the government of Chhattisgarh. Mr. T s sing does a thank you for speaking 20 TV. I want to start by asking user all this show of support that you are here. But there are other senior leaders of the Congress party here. This is a matter which has been decided in the courts. Why is the Congress making political? Because the decision of the court has been politicised. Is it the routine course of legal procedure that a judgement is passed and you implement its implications Overnight was the suspension was the case of the decision not suspended for 30 days where the other party has an opportunity to appeal in highest hi fora. Is that the system in our country or not? So what was the sense of preempting any further recourse to the legal system? Why was Rahul Gandhi preempted from taking recourse to that system? As far as the legal position concerns, as far as People Representation Act is concerned And if you remember, it was Mr Rahul Gandhi who told that ordinance when the three month time was to be given under such cases when you are convicted for more than two years, The fact remains that the moment this judgement comes in, Mr Rahul Gandhi's disqualified. Then it is just a matter of procedure. Is the Congress Party raising questions on the judgement itself All on the fact that it is? It just took less than 24 hours for this entire procedure to be complete by the Lok Sabha Secretariat. It is ironic that today, Rahul Jeez, expression at that point in time where it or the provision of that bill are being seen in a different context. This is what time teaches us. This is what maturity is about. You mature over a period of time where you see misuse of these provisions. His intention at that point in time was why have laxity? What we are seeing today is misuse of provisions. Where does it state in the representation of people's act that the minute the court passes the judgement, the speaker will disallow it the next minute the next the next day Where is it stated? It was silent on that it is to be done. It is a procedure to be done. What was the hurry If you believed in the procedure of the courts. Why are you not allowing the person to appeal? You pass a judgement on somebody has murdered somebody else. You put him on the on the gallows. Do hang in the next day. Okay? You hang in the next day, you don't. But the BJP is saying that there seems to be if it was such an urgency a the Congress legal strategy in Surat Congress not anticipate that this kind of a situation could happen. You're talking about Rahul Gandhi? The euro van a dar tallest. The rest of the Congress Party concerned your main face going into 2020 for the congress. Not anticipate this. And if it did, what took you for 24 hours? Why wasn't yesterday in the morning? The first thing in the morning we saw senior Congress leaders going to the high court or trying to get you know, this a entire conviction State. Rahul ji is not about only 2020 for he is our accepted leader for the future to four times to come. And as far as the legal strategy is concerned, maybe there is a slipper. It cannot be denied. We saw the situation when Mr Pawan Keira was a deeply there was a quick response and immediately so as far as that is concerned, maybe it was not anticipated This Russian which BJP Prime Minister meeting the speaker in the order being taken out the very next day That was not expected Just saying in missing case of Mr Pawan care, I took a matter of your a half an hour as to never is the de plane. There were people in the Supreme Court, Mr Abhishek Manu Sing be leading that, don't you think for Rahul Gandhi, a similar agency should have been showed Why anticipate when you are already saying that the BJP is out to get Rahul Gandhi? Why give them that opportunity? I I have no hesitation in agreeing with this point of view that the people are looking after this should certainly have been more alert and more aware. What is this an opportunity political opportunity for the Congress Party and Mr Rahul Gandhi? Or do you see this as an embarrassment? BJP already is going around and saying that See, it's a legal matter. Mr Rahul Gandhi. Many times the BJP accuses him, officer speaking of the some leaders even called him a loose cannon, and he's paying the price for that. So is it an embarrassment or a political opportunity? BJP has been seen to be heading behind skirts of various kinds over a period of time. Sometimes they will bring up something. Sometimes they bring up something. Sometimes it is. Go mata. Sometimes it is Ramsey, some tentative, something else. Sometimes if there's something else, sometimes it is an obese issue. Sometimes it is a national threat. They keep behind, keep hiding behind the skirts all the time. There is nothing new and what they're trying to do. We are not looking at opportunities. We are looking at situations. A particular situation has come up, and from here we have to go further. Your state would also be going for the polls at the end of this year. How will this matter play out? The BJP, already in every election bound state, is saying that this is obese, is being insulted by Rahul Gandhi. Do see an impact of that. How will display out in your state? I never knew that Modi's were Modi's were obese is, frankly, not something I'm saying otherwise I was in school have been in college. I have had many friends and associates who had the surname. They were mainly from the Mar body community. It is only after Mr Modi started saying that I'm a member of the community, that I realise that this Modi name is shared by many communities, not just Marwani community or any other community. So again, this that play they are extremely smart and trying to use these things. And they tried to work on the strengths of this the strengths of misleading people trying to clear situations. O P C A B c A B c Is this person Lalit Modi? Is he an a B c Was that other guy and a B C? Where is this coming up from resisting the Thank you so much for speaking to NDTV. That's our senior Congress leader Also Minister in the government of Chhattisgarh, teasing are back to you. There is some important development. I believe
