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Karan Thapar: You are not answering my question. What did Sonia say?

Rahul Bajaj: I will answer in my way not in your way. We are two very different individuals but we are still great. And the 24 minutes will be hopefully over.

Karan Thapar: You are not answering at all. Except that you are simply for time. Are you scared to say that Sonia said no? She refused support.

Rahul Bajaj: Sonia said more than that. What’s there to be afraid of. Why should I be afraid of anybody. Does she pay my salary.

Karan Thapar: Did she refuse support?

Rahul Bajaj: I got the impression from her, and Ahmed Patel said it, that three days ago we would have supported you. I know your family’s connection with the Congress family for 70 years. I hold you in very different regard than the other members in your community, other industrialists. But I will not be able to now withdraw my candidate because we were assured by NCP and Sharad Pawar that they will support our candidate, only today we have heard about this.

Karan Thapar: I will interrupt you. What she was indicating and what Ahmed Patel confirmed was that you were three days too late?

Rahul Bajaj: Not confirmed because Ahmed Patel spoke to me only once but what he mentioned was Rahul bhaiya we shall not be able to withdraw our candidate.

Karan Thapar: But if you had come three days earlier, they would have supported you because they know your family and they know you. Isn’t that what you say that a moment ago?

Rahul Bajaj: Absolutely correct.

Karan Thapar: So in other words you were three days too late?

Rahul Bajaj: I wasn’t a day too late because I did not know anything that was happening.

Karan Thapar: If you had gone three days earlier, you would have got the support.