Interviews

Transcript of Shri Ram Madhav’s Live Q&A on Facebook

Ram Madhav, September 23, 2015

Rahul Kanwal: You were the architect of BJP’s foray into J&K. Are you disappointed with the performance of the Mufti government so far. The Sangh seems unhappy. Many in the BJP are unhappy. People in the valley are unhappy. The Mufti feels suffocated. This is one marriage that doesn’t seem to be working for anyone. […]

Nehru museum isn’t pocket borough of the Gandhi family, says Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav, September 21, 2015

At a time when the Modi government has been accused of following an RSS agenda on meat bans and takeover of institutions, the key link between the Sangh Parivar and the government, BJP general secretary Ram Madhav tells TOI’s Sagarika Ghose that the RSS is an important voice but does not dictate to the government. […]

हम गिलगित-बालतिस्तान वासियों के संघर्ष के साथ हैं

Ram Madhav, June 17, 2015

भारत-पाकिस्तान विवादों में ताजा कड़ी जुड़ गई। पाकिस्तान अपने कब्जे वाले कश्मीर के गिलगित- बालतिस्तान क्षेत्र में नया चुनाव करा रहा है। मालूम हो कि अपने हिस्से वाले कश्मीर को पाकिस्तान अनेक अलग-अलग टुकड़ों में पहले ही बांट चुका है जिनमें एक गिलगित-बालतिस्तान है। पाकिस्तान एक हिस्सा चीन को सौंप चुका है। दो अन्य हिस्से […]

Ram Madhav on Modi Govt’s one-year performance

Ram Madhav, May 22, 2015

May 20: As the Narendra Modi Government completes one year in office, BJP’s national general secretary Ram Madhav told Bloomberg TV India’s Siddhrth Zarabi that the emphasis put on by the Government in the last one year was correcting the basics of Indian economy. Madhav said the Modi Government has succeeded in blending the diplomacy […]

It is unfair to say government is only for industrialists: Ram Madhav, BJP

Ram Madhav, February 19, 2015

BJP general secretary Ram Madhav is on the cusp of finalising a BJP-PDP coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir. He speaks to ET on J&K, and the aftermath of the Delhi polls. How soon can we expect an announcement on a coalition government in J&K? We are actively discussing the contours of a common minimum […]

‘I am trying to learn the art and craft of politics’ − Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav, December 8, 2014

Former national spokesperson of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Ram Madhav, recently inducted into the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as a general secretary, is considered to be a confidant of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah. Excerpts from a telephone interview with Bharti Mishra Nath, a former Public Policy Scholar at The […]

‘I Am No Hardliner-Softliner, I Am A Pragmatist’

Ram Madhav, December 5, 2014

Interview Deputed to the BJP just four months ago, the former RSS spokesperson has taken to politics like a duck takes to water. Deputed to the BJP just four months ago, Ram Madhav has taken to politics like a duck takes to water. He answered a few questions from Srinagar where he is managing the […]

Watch: Views on Hindutva Not Forced on Anyone – Ram Madhav to NDTV

Ram Madhav, August 20, 2014

At a time when repeated references by the RSS to all Indians being Hindus have raised questions over whether the RSS is contradicting Prime Minister Modi’s own inclusive messaging, RSS pracharak and now BJP general secretary Ram Madhav tells NDTV that these are long-standing positions of the RSS and it’s a distortion to link them […]

Deccan Herald Interview

Ram Madhav, May 23, 2014

‘An umbilical cord connects the BJP and the RSS at ideological level’ BHARTI NATH, JUNE 23, 2013, DHNS; AA The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is playing a major role yet again in setting the controversy-riddled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) house in order. However, its affable spokesperson Ram Madhav refuses to accept that. In an interview […]