In his second televised interview, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said he would not back down from becoming Prime Minister if his MPs asked him to do so. He said this was the constitutional way of choosing the Indian Prime Minister and the concept of a Prime Ministerial candidate, as being pushed by the Opposition BJP, was unconstitutional. In a 30-minute interview to Hindi news channel Aaj Tak, the Congress vice-president trashed the Gujarat model of growth and said it was benefitting only some people. "One businessman in the state has grown from Rs 3,000 crore to Rs 40,000 crore. He has been allotted land as large as Vadodara for just Rs 300 crore. He has got coastline as long as that of Mumbai," he said in an obvious reference to the Adani group of companies. Appearing more confident than in his firs interview a couple of months back, Gandhi said the opinion polls will be proven false and the UPA will come back to power. He said the BJP was a party of the corporates and was better equipped in marketing that the Congress. Gandhi appeared to be on a better footing in this interview, even dropping a couple of jokes here and there. It helped that the interviewer was far less intimidating this time. Here are tweets of the important points LIVE: Rahul Gandhi says the Congress campaign is running fine. BJP has good marketing, but let us wait for the results. #RahulAgain — The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) April 12, 2014 LIVE: Congress has the base of the poor people. BJP has a corporate base and hence has better marketing capabilities, says Rahul #RahulAgain — The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) April 12, 2014 #RahulAgain LIVE: 'We are for decentralisation and BJP is talking about concentration of power in one person.' — The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) April 12, 2014 #RahulAgain LIVE: 'We have worked more than NDA in all fields. Sadak, Bijli, Paani.' — The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) April 12, 2014 #RahulAgain LIVE: 'There will be anti-cumbency. But we've taken 15 cr people out of poverty and improve lives. We should benefit from that' — The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) April 12, 2014 #RahulAgain LIVE: 'I businessman in Gujarat now has a turnover of over Rs 40,000 crore. He was given land as large as Vadodara.' — The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) April 12, 2014 #RahulAgain LIVE: 'Corruption is a reality in India. We have to stop talking and start acting. BJP doesn't say anything about what it'll do' — The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) April 12, 2014 #RahulAgain LIVE: 'Our political parties have to change. Who decides the candidates? This decision has to be democratised.' — The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) April 12, 2014 #RahulAgain LIVE: 'Modi wants all these powers to himself when we are talking about primaries.' — The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) April 12, 2014 #RahulAgain LIVE: 'You have to feel your candidate is being chosen and you have a hand in it. You don't any choice now.' — The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) April 12, 2014 #RahulAgain LIVE: 'I agree we don't have the marketing and the glitz. But we understand the people and their problems — The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) April 12, 2014 #RahulAgain LIVE: 'Our consitution says the PM will be chosen by the MPs. PM candidates are unconstitutional.' — The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) April 12, 2014 #RahulAgain LIVE: 'I will not step back if my MPs ask me to become PM' — The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) April 12, 2014 #RahulAgain LIVE: 'India is much better than the rest of the world. If we work well, we can go ahead of China' — The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) April 12, 2014 #RahulAgain LIVE: 'Our growth will come to a standstill if we start fighting on basis of religion' — The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) April 12, 2014 #RahulAgain LIVE: 'the mission of my life is to give power to everyone. I will do this whatever happens' — The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) April 12, 2014
