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Rahul
declines Mehbooba's call to intervene in Kashmir
Thursday, September 16, 2010 05:36:18 PM,
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Kolkata:
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Thursday scotched any
possibility of his intervention in trouble-torn Kashmir and said
with a touch of humour that nowadays he is being asked to
intervene on any issue, including the upcoming Commonwealth Games.
Responding to a query on Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) chief
Mehbooba Mufti seeking his intervention to bring peace to Kashmir,
Gandhi said he was currently involved in the full-time job of
rejuvenating the Youth Congress and the National Students' Union
of India (NSUI).
"I am currently involved in a full-time job. But I find everybody
everywhere nowadays likes to offer me new job. I have even been
given an offer of intervening in the Commonwealth Games," Gandhi
said in a media conference here.
"The way I see it, I have been given a responsibility. The way I
have been brought up, you have to carry out a political task. I
spend most of my day attending to issues that could result in
bringing fresh young people to the NSUI and the Youth Congress,"
he said.
He said there were many people who were more capable of handling
issues like Kashmir and running the Commonwealth Games.
"And Kashmir is not a part-time problem. When I am given a task, I
would like to settle down and understand the problem in detail,"
he said.
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