We’ve broken down the 40-minute interview into quotes that’ll summarize the entire conversation.  

On Modi’s two-year stint as PM

• ‘Modi’s two years as Prime Minister has been a boxing match with everybody.’
• ‘It is a one-man government without the checks and balances.’
• ‘The direction the government is taking under his supervision is not good for India.’

On Modi being ‘narcissistic’, ‘insecure’, ‘Machiavellian’ and ‘remorseless’

• ‘Modi treats people like paper napkins. Use them and throw away.’
• ‘Modi even uses tragedies like the Kerala temple tragedy, floods of 2014 in J&K and earthquake in Nepal to project himself.’

On Modi government using a ‘divide, win elections and rule’ formula

• ‘Ghar Wapsi and Love Jihad are well orchestrated & well-timed campaigns before elections to polarise people and win elections by any means.’

• ‘There will be a systematic attempt to curb civil liberties.’
• ‘De-centralized intimidation in which a cloak is given, such as nationalism is given to local thugs to choke the inconvenient voices.’

On corruption

• ‘There is thus far not a single allegation of any minister having made indulged in corruption in Modi’s government.’ 
• ‘However, corruption in the states continue and action is taken or not taken according to convenience. 

On the AgustaWestland corruption case

• ‘Parrikar speech had no substance. He stated no new facts which wasn’t available in the public domain.’
• ‘Modi government had two years to find out new facts, they couldn’t find a single fact?’

On Modi’s Pakistan policy

• ‘We’ve made fools of ourselves with regards to Pakistan.’ 
• ‘Lunatic act of letting a Pakistani team inspect our airbase.’
• ‘It was wonderful initiative of Modi to visit Lahore on Christmas day.’
• ‘I think Nawaz Sharif would be feeling ‘I don’t what he will do the next day.’

On the state of the economy

• ‘Economy has been poorly handled. They’ve only managed headlines, not the economy.’