What is at stake for Congress in this election?

Has Congress faced such a challenge before?

Do you think people are voting on issues that you say are the real issues?

What would be your benchmark for a good performance?

Do you think Pulwama-Balakot has skewed the election battle?

What has Congress done right in these elections and what could it have done better?

Recently, when PM

targeted you by calling you a courtier, you said you know the PM well. Then, why do you think he attacked you personally?

Technocrat and chairman of the Overseas Congress Sam Pitroda tells Subodh Ghildiyal that people need to ask the right questions before they cast their voteThis is one of the most important elections in the history of India. It is all about the soul of India, future of India, peace and prosperity of India. It will decide how India moves forward mainly because in last five years, a lot of hype has been created but nothing has been accomplished. No investment is coming for greenfield projects. Most investment is to buy Indian companies for 20 cents a dollar. That is not the investment I want. Lies have been propagated and numbers fudged. And all the talk is about Modi and 56-inch chest, nothing to do with reality. What is at stake for the country is more important than what is at stake for Congress.This is a big challenge not just for Congress, but for all the opposition parties. Because you have to fight this big machine, which is loaded with money, which spends money as if it is going out of style and then says 'we are not corrupt and all else are corrupt'.People's future depends on these issues. If the people are not capable of understanding their future, the country will suffer. You think for yourself and vote by asking the questions, "'Did my son get a job, did he get the right education, did my company close, did my brother file for bankruptcy?'"Get this government out, that is the best indicator. Because you can see what they have done to this country. I have seen the BJP under Atal Bihari Vajpayee , a different kind of leader. I could relate to that. I cannot relate to this.I don't think so. First, how did it happen? Because of your lack of security. It's your failure and you want to make it your strength. It's funny. I think I have enough brains to understand what is right and what is wrong. I don't know what the public brain is all about. As a nation, do we have enough brains to understand what is right and what is wrong? I don't know that. That will be shown on May 23. If the results go this way, we know the public does not have the brain to understand what is right and what is wrong. So, people will speak and we will know.I wish we had done some of the things that we are doing today a little earlier. Campaign should have been done earlier, candidates selected earlier, strategy should have been decided earlier. I wish we had more money to spend. But we have the right people. We have Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka and other leaders in four states.You have to ask this to the prime minister. I may have a word to say about the prime minister's performance but nothing about him.That is not my character. I distinguish between an individual and his performance.