Meet the man who wants a Bharat Ratna for Gyanesh Kumar
Long before backing the CEC, Jai Bhagwan Goyal was going after Valentine's Day.
This interview was first published in February 2012.
The opposition is moving to impeach Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision. Meanwhile, BJP leader Jai Bhagwan Goyal led a march of Hindutva outfits and members of the Kayasth community to Delhi’s Birla Mandir, seeking a Bharat Ratna for Kumar. Goyal says the revision was done for the good of the nation, to keep illegal immigrants off the rolls.
We met Goyal 14 years ago, when he sat down with Abhinandan Sekhri on I Agree. Back then it was Valentine’s Day protests, Deepa Mehta’s Fire, Shiv Sena, the Thackerays, and his vision of India, from Manmohan Singh to Narendra Modi.
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