Journalist: Mr. Ambassador, apprehending large scale rigging in Allahabad Constitution, V.P. Singh described the Ballot Box as a rigging box.
Ambassador: That’s right. Journalist He also declared that he was winning. “We are winning on the issue of corruption in high places. It is a triumph for people’s power over the money power of Rajiv Gandhi’s Congress (I),” he asserted.
Ambassador: Very correct.
Journalist: Don’t you think V.P. Singh’s victory will signal Rajiv’s sure defeat in the next general elections as it will seriously undermine his position in the country in general and in Congress party in particular?
Ambassador: Not in national interest to disclose.
Journalist: Mr. Ambassador, Chinese leaders have turned down Dalai Lama’s proposal for a semi-independent Tibet. Ambassador: That’s right.
Journalist: The proposal envisages a self-governed Tibet in which Peking could retain control of foreign policy till it becomes a “zone of peace”.
Ambassador: Very correct.
Journalist: Don’t you think the proposal is actually inspired by the Indian government which is anxious to have political control over Tibet through Dalai Lama?
Ambassador: Not in national interest to disclose.
Journalist: Mr. Ambassador, at a press conference in West Germany, the Indian Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi described Pakistan as the biggest supporter of “terrorism” on the globe.
Ambassador: That’s right.
Journalist: Amnesty International and other International Human Rights organizations have blamed India for practicing State terrorism against religious minorities like Sikhs and Muslims.
Ambassador; Very correct.
Journalist: Does it mean Pakistan is the biggest supporter of India?
Ambassador; Not in national interest to disclose.
Article extracted from this publication >> June 24, 1988
