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interview of External Affairs Minister SM Krishna with
Editor-in-Chief Raj Chengappa. The interview has been
divided into four segments for easier viewing: Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, USA
May 20, 2010
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Please click to watch interview of Bhupinder Singh
Hooda with Raj Chengappa,
Editor-in-Chief, The Tribune.
Highlights
The Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal wants to make a non-issue of royalty for water
an issue because he is going to face elections. When Amarinder Singh was in power he abrogated the agreement just because of elections. After that four years passed and Badal said nothing. And now that elections are approaching, he is raising the issue
Haryana is going to become an education hub during the next five years. A host of quality institutions are
coming up all across the state. In these, we will create standards equivalent to Oxford University
I consider a Khap as an informal social organisation just like an NGO. It consists of village elders who don’t belong to any particular caste. Every caste group is represented. So the role of Khaps is different from
honour killings. Khaps have nothing to do with that. We will follow the law strictly
