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Sonia`s foreign origin issue worth considering : V S Naipaul
New Delhi, Feb 26: Nobel laureate Sir V S Naipaul today endorsed BJP`s campaign about Congress president Sonia Gandhi`s foreign origin issue saying it is an idea worth considering.
New Delhi, Feb 26: Nobel laureate Sir V S Naipaul today endorsed BJP's campaign about Congress president Sonia Gandhi's foreign origin issue saying it is an idea worth considering.
''Worth considering an idea. Even Americans have rules about their president,'' Vidia said when asked by a reporter about his stand on the issue.
He was briefly answering reporters queries after participating in an interactive session with BJP leaders and workers at the party headquarters here this evening.
Most of the questions by reporters were answered by Vidia's wife Nadira who angrily objected to reporters asking some questions on Gujarat and Ayodhya. Even Vidia was told by her to ''shut up'' when he tried to answer a question. Nadira Naipaul persistently tried to avoid media queries by her angry outbursts and by not letting Vidia speak.
The one hour interactive session, organised by the BJP cultural cell, was not open to the media. However, after the function was over, the Nobel laureate spoke to the waiting journalists briefly amid objections by his angry wife. He ducked most of the questions by reporters including the ones on Gujarat and Ayodhya.
Nadira Naipaul started by asking reporters what was wrong if they came to the BJP.
''What is wrong if we have come to the BJP ? We were invited by the cultural cell. My husband is a writer and is concerned about India. What is so spectacular about it ?''
She asked the reporters if there would have been a similar reaction had he visited the Congress. To a question on what he thought about BJP's 'India Shining' campaign, his wife said ''my husband is not a politician...Don't ask such blatantly political questions.''
On Ayodhya, she said ''stop asking the same question over and over again.”
He was asked about him being appropriated. His wife replied ''he is in public domain. He could be appropriated by anyone. Why can't the liberals appropriate him?
Vidia only said ''I don't mind being appropriated.'' Although it was not immediately known what transpired at the interactive session, sources said Vidia spoke about India's economic and political resurgence and condemned terrorism in the name of Jehad.
''I like your passion. But it should be constructive,'' he told the gathering, according to sources.
He did not comment on Ayodhya or Gujarat.
Bureau Report
He was briefly answering reporters queries after participating in an interactive session with BJP leaders and workers at the party headquarters here this evening.
Most of the questions by reporters were answered by Vidia's wife Nadira who angrily objected to reporters asking some questions on Gujarat and Ayodhya. Even Vidia was told by her to ''shut up'' when he tried to answer a question. Nadira Naipaul persistently tried to avoid media queries by her angry outbursts and by not letting Vidia speak.
The one hour interactive session, organised by the BJP cultural cell, was not open to the media. However, after the function was over, the Nobel laureate spoke to the waiting journalists briefly amid objections by his angry wife. He ducked most of the questions by reporters including the ones on Gujarat and Ayodhya.
Nadira Naipaul started by asking reporters what was wrong if they came to the BJP.
''What is wrong if we have come to the BJP ? We were invited by the cultural cell. My husband is a writer and is concerned about India. What is so spectacular about it ?''
She asked the reporters if there would have been a similar reaction had he visited the Congress. To a question on what he thought about BJP's 'India Shining' campaign, his wife said ''my husband is not a politician...Don't ask such blatantly political questions.''
On Ayodhya, she said ''stop asking the same question over and over again.”
He was asked about him being appropriated. His wife replied ''he is in public domain. He could be appropriated by anyone. Why can't the liberals appropriate him?
Vidia only said ''I don't mind being appropriated.'' Although it was not immediately known what transpired at the interactive session, sources said Vidia spoke about India's economic and political resurgence and condemned terrorism in the name of Jehad.
''I like your passion. But it should be constructive,'' he told the gathering, according to sources.
He did not comment on Ayodhya or Gujarat.
Bureau Report