Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today sought to keep away from the row over Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhis remarks about LTTE chief V Prabhakaran,maintaining it was both a personal and political matter for her. In an interview with The Indian Express,Priyanka said that she did not share brother Rahul Gandhis views that the family was still to get justice for the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. Rahul and I perhaps react to this particular thing slightly differently. I know Rahul. He has no anger in his heart,no hatred in his heart. He was only referring to the fact that the justice system takes a long time, she said. Priyanka,who met Nalini (convicted in her fathers assassination case) in jail last year,said she was not seeking justice from any individual. I actually think that justice is something that I cannot demand from other human beings. Justice is something that the universe will give me. You see this fact that this lady (Nalini) has suffered as much as,if not more than,I have suffered. In a sense,that is justice. Nobody has made her suffer. Circumstances have created that suffering. Asked if she had forgiven Nalini,she said,I am nobody to forgive her. It was because of this that she refused to join issue with Karunanidhi who yesterday called Prabhakaran a friend and said the LTTE chief was not a terrorist. The remarks not only left many red faces in the Congress but also prompted AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa to question why the widow of Rajiv Gandhi was silent on Karunanidhis statement. Priyanka said the matter was not just political but also personal for her. He (Karunanidhi) said something like the (LTTE) movement did not begin as a terrorist movement. Some such thing. And now it is. He has changed his statement today. For me,it is both a personal and political matter. So I dont want to comment, she said. Taking a dig at Left parties,which have been critical of the Manmohan Singh government,especially on foreign and economic policies,she said the Left should do a definite rethink on its ideology. I think that whatever the circumstance,the country has to move forward. The economy has to be strong and whatever it takes to do,that is important for the nation. Any ideology that holds that back,I think,needs a definite rethink. On RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadavs accusation that the Congress was also responsible for the Babri Masjid demolition,she said: Perhaps it is his political compulsion. Asked about the sense of injustice in the Sikh community over the 1984 riots and what she thought of the Congresss delayed decision to deny tickets to Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar,Priyanka said: I do not want to comment on that because that is a decision taken by senior members of the party. And they have made a correct decision. Earlier in the day,she clarified she would not join politics. For the last 20 years,I have the same answer to this question: I will never join politics.
