'Proof That Most Church Attacks Not Communal, Will Media Tell Truth Now?' Arun Jaitley to NDTV

In a special townhall, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley takes questions from eminent citizens and students. Defending the Rafale deal with France Mr Jaitley said "it's an example of political decisiveness". On the Sonia Gandhi-led Opposition blocking the Land Bill, he said, "I am afraid she may not have read the amendments". Accusing the Congress of being a liability in power and a liability in Opposition, he said joint session of Parliament was a constitutional provision in front of the government vis-a-vis Land Bill. He blamed the media for creating insecurity among Christians saying most of the cases of attack on Christians had been resolved and not one had been of majority community attacking the minority community. He also spoke on retrospective tax, his equation with RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, the conversions debate and Rahul Gandhi.  (Read transcript here)