welcome to hardtalk. thank you. the recent indian election, it was a result which nobody really expected. your party, the congress party, did better than the polls had suggested it would. many in your party expressed contentment, evenjoy. and yet you still lost. isn t that the key point? that is true. but i think the expectation from the ruling dispensation, a lot of the popular mainstream media was that the propaganda will suffice and people will give a bigger majority to the ruling party. what really happened was, this was a vote by the people to check what we thought were excesses by the government, and the congress party and our allies together have done remarkably well, compared to last time. if you look at the numbers, the ruling party has 290 odd mps and we have 240 odd. so it s not that much of a gap. but more than that, it shows the robustness of our democracy, and the way people have voted is that issues that are important to the people is what finally matters. sure
welcome to hardtalk. thank you. the recent indian election, it was a result which nobody really expected. your party, the congress party, did better than the polls had suggested it would. many in your party expressed contentment, evenjoy. and yet you still lost. isn t that the key point? that is true. but i think the expectation from the ruling dispensation, a lot of the popular mainstream media was that the propaganda will suffice and people will give a bigger majority to the ruling party. what really happened was, this was a vote by the people to check what we thought were excesses by the government, and the congress party and our allies together have done remarkably well, compared to last time. if you look at the numbers, the ruling party has 290 odd mps and we have 240 odd. so it s not that much of a gap. but more than that, it shows the robustness of our democracy, and the way people have voted is that issues that are important to the people is what finally matters. sure
so you re getting more aid because of that? we are not getting enough, but we hope to come soon. it s a desperate situation. back at the camp, 11 year old dahir is heading to school. he s bright, alert. 0ur presence may be part of that. but around him, listless children and a chorus of coughing. the teacher tells us most of his class struggle to attend or to focus. many here will be stunted for life. across the road, a sudden crowd. a mood of near panic, as frustrated mothers try to register for new food hand outs. but there s not enough. it s overwhelming. we are not getting the resources
back at the camp, 11 year old dahir is heading to school. he s bright, alert. 0ur presence may be part of that. but around him, listless children and a chorus of coughing. the teacher tells us most of his class struggle to attend or to focus. many here will be stunted for life. across the road, a sudden crowd. a mood of near panic, as frustrated mothers try to register for new food hand outs. but there s not enough. it s overwhelming. we are not getting the resources
here is still full of such cases. does it feel to you like the world is paying attention now to somalia? now we can say that the attention of the international community is on somalia, especially the drought here. so you re getting more aid because of that? we are not getting enough, but we hope to come soon. it s a desperate situation. back at the camp, 11 year old dahir is heading to school. he“s bright, alert. 0ur presence may be part of that. but around him, listless children and a chorus of coughing. the teacher tells us most of his class struggle to attend or to focus. many here will be stunted for life. across the road, a sudden crowd. a mood of near panic, as frustrated mothers try to register