Interviews

Unedited Transcript of Interview at BBC HARDTalk

Ram Madhav, June 2, 2020

Unedited transcript of Shri Ram Madhav’s interview with Mr Stephen Sackur for BBC HARDTalk on India’s response to COVID-19. (Highlighted portions were not aired) Stephen Sackur– Ram Madhav in Delhi welcome to Hard talk. Ram Madhav- Thank you. Stephen Sackur – Let us begin with the coronavirus situation in your country. Officials in your government that have proclaimed […]

The Kochi Post | Ram Madhav: Whatever the party assigns me will be my work

Ram Madhav, May 27, 2020

BJP National General Secretary and Senior Pracharak of the RSS, Ram Madhav, who is loaned to the party said that the country has to prepare itself for a greater role to play in the emerging new world order. He said that Post–Covid world order will be guided by a different agenda than the present one […]

Financial Express: Ram Madhav EXCLUSIVE | India needs to work on land and labour laws to become more attractive

Ram Madhav, May 12, 2020

India has witnessed some crucial developments in Jammu and Kashmir, besides the national upheaval brought upon by the coronavirus pandemic. Last month, New Delhi brought a new domicile policy for the newly-created Union Territory of J&K —almost nine months after scrapping Article 370. This month, the security forces eliminated the top leadership including terrorist Riyaaz […]

Indian Express: Ram Madhav: ‘Preventive arrest part of political act… Sheikh Abdullah was in jail for decades’

Ram Madhav, September 11, 2019

Preventive arrest is a part of political activity and political leaders in Kashmir cannot argue that standing by the Indian Constitution or holding the Indian flag by themselves should be a reason for not keeping them in preventive custody, according to BJP general secretary Ram Madhav. In an interview with Liz Mathew, Madhav, the party’s […]

The Tribune: ‘Kashmiris have decided to pause, understand’

Ram Madhav, September 3, 2019

What is next for the state post abrogation of Article 370? Articles 370 and 35A were axed because they were coming in the way of development, political empowerment and dignity of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. They were also acting as a barrier for total emotional integration of the people of Kashmir in the […]

The Week: I do not see it through the prism of Hindus and Muslims

Ram Madhav, August 24, 2019

BJP GENERAL SECRETARY Ram Madhav was instrumental in forging the saffron party’s ill-fated alliance with the People’s Democratic Party in Jammu and Kashmir. As the volatile situation following abrogation of special status continues to persist in the valley, Madhav talks to THE WEEK about the BJP’s plans for Kashmir. Edited excerpts: What is the feedback from […]

The challenge is to quickly take the benefits of our move to the people: Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav, August 23, 2019

Ram Madhav, BJP national general secretary and the party’s key interlocutor for Jammu and Kashmir, attributes the relative calm in the Valley in the aftermath of the ‘dilution’ of Article 370 to the Centre’s engagement with the people. Madhav spoke exclusively to Group Editorial Director Raj Chengappa on the developing situation in the Valley and […]

‘It just took one Modi for Article 370 to go’

Ram Madhav, August 19, 2019

When the preparations for executing the decision to amend Article 370 were on, a political leader silently was inducting many independent elected Panch and Sarpanch of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) fold. He has been active in the political affairs of the State for a long time. Shri Ram Madhav, General […]

‘Will remove Article 370, it blocks integration of Kashmiris’: Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav, May 7, 2019

In an interview with Hindustan Times, Bharatiya Janata Party’s national general secretary Ram Madhav spoke extensively on Kashmir, where he was one of the architects of the BJP forming an alliance with the Peoples Democratic Party in 2015 that broke down last year In an interview with Sunetra Choudhury, Bharatiya Janata Party’s national general secretary Ram […]