Nation right now needs a political soldier, says shooter Rajyavardhan Rathore

New Delhi: Ace shooter Rajyavardhan Rathore quit the Indian Army and joined the BJP recently. Here are the highlights of an exclusive interview to NDTV.

Highlights:

• Today's nature of politics is such that youth hate it.
• There is also a sense of helplessness and that helplessness is giving way to belief and hope. Belief that we need to be a part of it either by giving vote or by joining politics.
• Couple of months back I started telling my friends that I am thinking of joining politics.
  It was a big thing for my wife. She knows if I am saying something, I am saying it from my heart.
• It is very hard for my family as we don't have a political background.
• I would also be associated with shooting. I will also be soldier by heart.
• All of us are soldiers, if we have a cause and we work for it, we are soldiers.
• I think the nation right now needs a political soldier.
  
• You can't do justice to two things at the same time. I would like to do justice to India first.
• I will miss sports and army but they will remain with me.
• Army has been absolutely forgotten. Don't you take care of your employees. Just because it is a disciplined and organisation that is always ready to serve it does not mean you can forget them.