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Ahmedabad, Oct 2 (PTI) Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Saturday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not willing to understand other people"s point of view, which is the nub of all the problems the country is facing.
Delivering the Girish Patel Memorial Lecture here on the topic "India in the Age of Modi," the former Union minister also said a project like Central Vista has no relevance to a democracy unless one is able to understand "the aspirations and soul of a nation that is crying for change." "Democracy is the interaction that takes place with people inside that building, who represent multifarious aspirations of the country that is so diverse.
You can build whatever structures you want, but unless you are able to understand the aspirations and soul of a nation that is crying for change, you will never be able to run a democracy," he said.
A structure does not symbolize democracy "if you don"t talk to people, don"t have conversation with people, don"t relate to what people want," Sibal added.
"The problem with the age of Modi is that he is not willing to understand others" point of view, and that"s why we are in trouble," he said.
Contrary to the prime minister"s "minimum government, maximum governance" slogan, in reality we have "maximum government, no governance," Sibal claimed.