When Imran offered to debate Modi on TV

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"I know India better than most people." Imran Khan also said he wants to debate Narendra Modi on live TV. Should our PM accept his offer?

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00:00Listen, I would love to debate with Marendar Modi on TV, but you know when when my party

00:05came into power in 2018, first thing I did was to reach out to India.

00:11So I immediately reached out.

00:14But then I discovered through my horror that this is not the India I used to know.

00:30It's not the India I used to know, it's not the India I used to love, it's not the India

00:37I used to hate, it's not the India I used to love, it's not the India I used to hate,

00:44it's not the India I used to love, it's not the India I used to hate, it's not the India

00:51I used to love, it's not the India I used to hate, it's not the India I used to hate,

00:59it's not the India I used to love, it's not the India I used to hate, it's not the India

01:00I used to love, it's not the India I used to hate, it's not the India I used to love.

01:02You have your own conflict to solve and it may be a very stupid question on my part but

01:08because we all know that, you know, bad peace is better than a good war.

01:13But still, historically, do you think it's better to leave a conflict in the limbo for

01:22decades on end?

01:24Or do you think issues should be solved when they are hot?

01:30You see, if humans want, they can solve any conflict.

01:36The problem is that the humans, the leaders, and I'm talking about the leaders, I'm sure

01:42people in Ukraine and in Russia, everyone understands that if there's a conflict, there

01:47will be consequences.

01:48Everyone will be worse.

01:49But it's not about the people.

01:50People on either side don't want this conflict to happen.

01:54Exactly.

01:55But I think that the leadership in the countries is then stuck.

02:01That if we withdraw from this position, what will be the consequences to us politically?

02:07Because politically there are consequences always.

02:10And I think it takes very powerful, great leaders who rise above this and who think

02:17about the effects on the human beings.

02:20I do want to ask you about great leadership, but very quickly, I know that you have tried

02:25to deal with your mutual grievances with India over Kashmir, and I'm sure you're not satisfied

02:32with the results of those efforts.

02:36Are you going to leave that issue to your successors, or are you still hoping to try

02:40something new?

02:41Do you know, when my party came into power in 2018, first thing I did was to reach out

02:49to India.

02:50And I told them, you know, our only issue is Kashmir, let's sit down on the table and

02:55resolve it.

02:56Let's have a roadmap.

02:58But I didn't realize, you know, and remember, I'm the one who knows India better than anyone

03:03because cricket is a passion, you know, in the subcontinent.

03:07And because of, you know, me being captain of cricket here and sort of playing lots of

03:12over 10 years against India, I know India better than most people.

03:17So I immediately reached out.

03:20But then I discovered, to my horror, that this is not the India I used to know, because

03:26it's been taken over by this mad ideology.

03:29It's a racist ideology, which was inspired by the Nazis.

03:36The founding fathers were inspired by the Nazis.

03:39You can Google on your phone and you can, the founding fathers praised the Nazis, racial

03:45superiority.

03:47And you see, there's a negative nationalism, there's a positive nationalism.

03:52You must distinguish between the two.

03:53I can inspire my people by saying, look, you were a great nation, let's now get back again.

03:59But if I say you were a great nation, but because of these other human communities,

04:05you could not reach the top, so shift the hatred towards them, there is always bloodshed.

04:10Prime Minister, I'm sure your counterpart in New Delhi would disagree, but if Prime Minister

04:14Modi wants to share his own views, we would be more than happy to travel to New Delhi

04:19and interview him on that very…

04:20Listen, listen, I would love to debate with Narendra Modi on TV.

04:23It would be so good for over a billion people on the subcontinent, if we can resolve our

04:29differences through a debate.

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