3 points Modi claimed in his very first podcast with Nikhil Kamath–

In his first-ever podcast, Prime Minister Narendra Modi got involved in an honest discussion with Zerodha’s founder Nikhil Kamath where he discussed a selection of topics from national politics to battles to the increase of modern technology.

Kamath’s podcast ‘People with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’ by ‘WTF’ broadcast onFriday Here’s all that was reviewed:

‘Mistakes happen, I am not god’

Kamath asked the head of state to share his sights on individuals that assume national politics is an area to play unclean video games.

“Growing up in a South Indian middle-class home, we were always told that politics is a dirty game. This belief is so ingrained in our psyche that it is almost impossible to change it. What is your one advice for people who think the same?” he asked.

PM Modi responded, “If you believed in what you said, we would not be having this conversation.”

When being inquired about a few of his old speeches as the Chief Minister of Gujarat, PM Modi claimed, “When I became the CM, in one of me speeches, I had said that I will leave no stone unturned in my efforts. Secondly, I will not do anything for myself. Third, I am a human, I may make mistakes, but I will not make mistakes with bad intentions. I made them my life’s mantras. It is natural to make mistakes, after all I am a human, I am not God, but will not do wrong intentionally.”

Continuing his line of inquiries on national politics, Kamath asked whether individuals call for a fundamental ability to get in the globe of national politics, to which the head of state responded, “There are two things: becoming a politician is one part and becoming a successful one is the other. I believe you need to be dedicated, committed, be with the masses in their good and bad times, be a team player.”

‘Jinping wanted to come to my hometown’

Recalling his very first term as the Indian head of state in 2014, PM Modi exposed that Chinese President Xi Jinping revealed his need to go to the previous’s home town in Gujarat.

“When I became the PM in 2014, leaders from across the world make courtesy calls… Chinese President Xi also made a courtesy call in which he said that he wants to come to India. I said ‘you are welcome, you must visit. He said I want to visit Gujarat, your village Vadnagar… He said ‘you know why? Me and you share a special bond’… He said Chinese philosopher Hiuen Tsang resided the longest in your village and when he returned to China, he resided in my village,” the head of state claimed.

‘I was denied American visa’

During the two-hour-long podcast, PM Modi claimed that he was rejected an American visa when he was an MLA.

“I was the MLA when the American government refused to give me a visa. As an individual, going to America was not a big thing, I had visited before also; but I felt the disrespect of an elected government and the country, and there was a dilemma in my mind as to what was happening,” he claimed.

“That day, I held a press conference, where I said that the American government had rejected my visa. I also said that I see an India, where the world will stand in queue for visa, this is my statement in 2005 and today we are standing in 2025. So, I can see that now, the time is of India,” PM Modi included.

‘Damage control’

Meanwhile, Congress took a jibe at PM Modi’s ‘not a god’ remark, stating that he is doing “damage control” 8 months after declaring that he is “non-biological”.

“This from a man who proclaimed his non-biological status just eight months back. This is clearly damage control,” Congress leader Jairam Ramesh claimed.