Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi’s address at a management college in Mumbai, aroused mixed response from students, with many of them saying the speech contained “too much politics” to establish a connect with them. Students seemed partly satisfied with Gandhi’s address and said he could have elucidated more about his vision of politics. Some students believe that he was just like any other person, having no attitude or hype. Students felt comfortable interacting with him. Some students thought he spoke much about politics and that was least interesting. Some said, the address was fair and he made some good points but he brought too much politics into it. Considering that it was interaction with students..
Some students asked how India could help provide conducive atmosphere for startups, Gandhi said, “Startups require a whole set of eco a system that allows entrepreneurs to grow including infrastructure and regulation. The biggest problem is red tape.” “Today, if you are a Rs 10000 crore company, you can’t easily get finance. If you are a big business, you can get around regulations and put pressure on politicians,” he said.
Gandhi claimed the counter-terror operation involved in Pathankot attack was mishandled by the Modi government. “The best experts on dealing with terrorism, foreign policy are not being consulted. NSA is dealing [with the attack] directly. His job is strategy, not tactics which is the job of NSG. When you let people who don’t know what to do, do it, you get into a problem,” he said. “You can’t totally prevent terror attacks but you can react in the right way. The main issue is how we respond.”
More than the students it was Congress youth wing members looked more enthusiastic meeting their leader.
