Face to face

It was amusing to read the exclusive interview with Congress chief Rahul Gandhi (Interview – “‘This is a battle of ideas; we are fighting hatred and anger’,” May 9). The interview was about the Karnataka elections but the correspondents did not even pose the most obvious question to him: What are the achievements of the Karnataka government?

It looked as if The Hindu provided a platform for him to continue his repeated assertions of hatred and anger (whatever that means). He did not have to face a single tough question nor was there anything about the challenge thrown down to him by the Prime Minister.

S. Sudhir Kumar,

Hyderabad

The Congress chief says that he is not a soothsayer to predict the number of seats that his party might win in Karnataka, but mysteriously sounds like an expert when he asserts, quite childishly and elsewhere in other reports, that the Prime Minister will face defeat in 2019. His reply that he also visits places of worship is not convincing as he has been making it a point to visit only temples. The only point where his criticism is admissible is about the BJP’s stand against corruption and the candidates it has selected for the Karnataka Assembly election. Mr. Gandhi’s ambitions to lead the nation are now more transparent than before. He needs more exposure to the nitty-gritty of governance before even thinking about leading the nation.

Sivamani Vasudevan,

Chennai