Derek O'Brien on Mamata Banerjee, National Politics and 'Inside Parliament'

In an interview with Karan Thapar for The Wire, Derek O'Brien, Trinamool Congress MP in the Rajya Sabha, talks about the Congress party, Mamata Banerjee and his book 'Inside Parliament'.

[@IamRanJos]

If educated people like Derek O'Brian and Shashi Tharoor participate in Indian Politics this country will soon be Number 1.

[@chandreshpatel6242]

DEREK IS VERY SMART AND CAPABLE POLTICIAN GOOD WE HAVE SUCH PPL

[@ambardhara6855]

good interview.. Derek is one of the best..

[@ImranAhmed-bz8yb]

Best politicians India has ever produce Derek sir we proud of you

[@adityajain3697]

Fantastic interview by grill master,Karan!Derek you're fabulous too!

[@NittenGokhaley]

Love you Karan Thapar! The "hypocrisy on principal" part is brilliant.

[@prajjutai8011]

Karan Thapar's interviews are great, maintaining a high level. We miss such intellectual talks in mainstream tv channels. Trunamool cong and INC are natural alliance. Communists should take place of bjp, as major opponents to congress. Only that will keep those communalists away.

[@babbieraj6676]

Karan Thapar Is One of Best We Have .

[@akshayjadhav2590]

This made me a fan of Mr.Thapar.

[@yunuskhan7062]

Karan Thapar's interviews are always a treat to watch :) awesome

[@manpy5504]

yes i know why becoz you support his pakistani agenda and you are hinduphobic too

[@agnimitradas2800]

the question on Taslima Nasreen was Bang On....O' Brien was desperately trying to escape it

[@vedprakash-hh6np]

wow,what interview....

[@Jackwesker3232]

This is how Karan Thapar gets the best out of himself as well as the Interviewee !!!!!!

[@tikamsinghramola]

He is very far better than Arnab goswami.

[@MsClassycritic]

I really like it when the politician are not able to answer a straight forward question... Tells us how selfish they can be, in order to be be in power...

[@sheenachua4248]

Gautam Kumar so true

[@sijivinod9309]

Brilliant interview

[@madhusudankarolia9195]

💐💐💐 EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD 💐💐💐

[@feret12000]

Karan grills his host very well be it congress, trinomool congress or BJP... made my day

[@jonathan-gy5uq]

Sui generis

[@melvinjoseph5809]

nice

[@banny18]

Visible discomfort of Derek O'Brien as the interview moves on. Well done Karan Thapar you have exposed the Trinamool spokesman thoroughly

[@DarkKnightLives]

Article 19 concerning Freedom of Speech is not guaranteed to Foreigners in India

[@karsingpatiri6454]

Good job , the wire. Can u please also add English/Hindi subtitles. Thanks in advance.

[@amira..a1440]

Nice

[@yusuf.k.m]

These were good questions mostly.Karan is a tough interviewer. But the way he described Mamata was really sexist.It was all based on her voice and appearance.No man would be asked why he is loud and angry.

[@codeadict]

That escalated quickly

[@gazalakhan3177]

Congratulations Karan anchor,'S like are rare to be found in today's journalists keep it up

[@arijitmaitra4075]

karan thappar is a senior jounalist, u got my respect sir...but this time derek sir out-smarted Mr. Thappar with facts

[@franconil2759]

How did Derick outsmarted Karan????Karan literally roasted derick regarding Mamta and Rahul Gandhi and derick was not even capable of giving a satisfactory answer for that especially regarding tasleema

[@arijitmaitra4075]

@@franconil2759 well Mr. Thappar is one of the finest journalist, thre's no denying... Evn our present PM, then CM of Gujarat ran away frm this legendary journalist... wrt that Mr. Derek faced his questions really well and was able to dodge those qs which cud hav made him uncomfortable..and dodging hard qs is itself an art

[@c.augustedupin8860]

@@arijitmaitra4075 the difference my friend is that mr O'Brian is a hypocrite and karan exposed him. it is to the eye of the beholder about who outsmarted him , for me tmc don't have the high horse to blame bjp ,when they do worse thing in Bengal .

[@arijitmaitra4075]

@@c.augustedupin8860 bro, got ur point... ht pls dnt bliv 100% of what the godi media shows every1. There's a huge gap between the reality and agenda. There's no denying the fact that there are few issues bt not wat the godi media and the it cell shows.

[@anandpokle1182]

waow karan ji...super

[@nepalmajumder1737]

You understand your own interests well

[@jonathan-gy5uq]

What a grilling !!!!🤣🤣🤣🙏🙏🙏

[@NittenGokhaley]

Look at Karan's naughty smile @42:25 "Squirrels in the garden usually find nuts and hide them. That's what they do."

[@dhanajit]

Correct timestamp: 46:15. 🙂

[@007Chakochi]

Wire, please tell Karan Thappar to stop interrupting the guests. Is he trying to outdo Arnab Goswami? Ever time he does this. It is so annoying. People watch these interviews to hear what your guests have to say. Not to watch the aggression and showmanship from Karan Thappar. Yes, Karan is a good host but it doesn’t allow him to interrupt people like this. If i am a celebrity i would think 3 times before accepting an interview with him.

[@abhirammamidipudi7494]

007Chakochi yea. He did it even with Chidambaram, Tharoor and Pilot also. Also asks the same question 17 times

[@digmukh3644]

I fully agree with chakochi

[@rafatzeeshan5748]

007Chakochi he is famous for doing that, and there is a huge difference between him and Arnob Goswami

[@rafanadal4856]

007Chakochi he has been interviewing long before Arnab, his style has been consistent, please do some research before insulting ppl

[@IamRanJos]

007Chakochi That's right

[@digmukh3644]

Wire this thapar is behaving like a rookie . LET DEREK SPEAK. IT SEEMS THAPAR WANTS TO REPLACE O'BRIEN IN RAJYA SABHA.

[@thevikas5743]

good one.

[@KhalidMehmood-mj3by]

congress is BJP2 and BJP is congress2

[@tanubhardwaj2920]

Khalid Mehmood spot on!

[@Jackwesker3232]

Yes! They are both sides of the same coin....

[@SadguruPrernaTrust]

And MIM is ?

[@KhalidMehmood-mj3by]

max-there is diffrenence betwee the two,as far as my knowledge MIM do not run shakhas and are not engaged in terrorist activities ,RSS says it is a cultural organisation without any membership but were found to be involved in terrorist activities and MIM is a political party,origin of RSS is hate and fear where as MIM came into being out of oppression as after Independence Muslims were haunted /oppressed/killed and neglected to come into the main stream and were treated as second class citizens,none of the political parties,the administration gave them the status of equality,sachhar committee report tells us so,still they are surviving as by and large not all of majority subscribe to RSS i have heard many times asaddudin in none of it i found any traces of spreading hatred.

[@sheenachua4248]

I will vote CPI this time because congress is promoting dumb desperate Rahul for pm post instead of Dr Manmohan Singh so my vote goes to CPI

[@akshaygupta6087]

Excellent! The way of asking questions is fabulous. Politicians never answer questions that are asked straightforwardly. So to seek answers there is need to reframe the questions. I don't think it's ridiculous. Gud work Thapar sir. Plz invite some BJP members.

[@nepalmajumder1737]

What he did when he came to Tripura in the name of politics will never come to Tripura in his life

[@shashanksourav4204]

Derek O'Brien should not get exaggerated and answer calmly when he's asked about Rahul Gandhi ,Mamta Banerjee.

[@smisphani101]

KT is the best

[@SWARNADEEP]

We lost those quality notes of 1000rs, 500rs. domo was null.

[@omw2saatsamundarpaar]

45:38 : "The shivsena will be happy to join us" DID HE JUST PREDICT THE FUTURE OR AM I TRIPPING? 😂

[@nepalmajumder1737]

What kind of people did you have when you came to Tripura in the 2021 municipal elections and what did you do?

[@sophiegeorge290]

I dont think any one else has delivered punches like Rahul Gandhi has done. On every issue . Be it on demonetisation or gst or Rafael. Not Mamta Banerjee .

[@rat3451]

I like it when he gets poeple rattled with his direct and relentless questioning. There is no comparison between him and other who shout to gain their brownie points.

[@nepalmajumder1737]

Mamata Banerjee made him the leader

[@soss2728]

Derek "Let me give you an example" O'Brien

[@IamRanJos]

Mr Thapar must stop *cross-examining* his Interviewees.

[@nafisasuhail7931]

The election results today will tell u that people have told India that TMC is their pic...every state leader has the right to criticise when they find discrepancy in function of the centre

[@nepalmajumder1737]

West Bengal's most cunning and deceitful leader

[@Bertie.athenaeum]

Derek's one big blabber mouth.

[@sophiegeorge290]

Derek is trying his best to promote Mamta by depromoting Rahul.

[@AnyaChuri]

Good Lord even a bumpkin doesn't shout the way Derek did around 5.06!

[@riju1212]

Karan Thapar ripped Derek apart

[@SaharasBrightStarsWorld]

Those who study freedom struggle against a company & companies economy and its influence on government & people are now talking against government & parties is very strange. A country of humanity with so many corporate companies should have a justificable thought

[@ANKITPANDEY-vm8kx]

If only he could accept that what was done to Ms. Nasreen was downright Wrong.. Then I would have been a fan of him.

[@ANKITPANDEY-vm8kx]

Max Elan I, unfortunately, don't have a disgustingly binary mind which discriminates human beings on grounds of geography. Somebody is from Bangladesh. Somebody is from Spain. Somebody is from Egypt. It's about a moral crisis and how they've dealt with it. Also Taslima's coup was politics at its ugliest. They used it to divert the population from the more important farmer agitation in Bengal. Same is the case with Padmavati though. So, I guess, nothing's changed much.

[@amitranade4832]

If Taslima Nasreen is Bangladeshi problem, then so are the Rohingya . Why Mamta Banerjee is settling Rohingya in Bengal? Taslima Nasreen too was persecuted and hounded lone lady.

[@adtkr]

Karan was a handful, still would have liked him to interrupt less

[@mc7685]

derek obrian shouts in the parliament

[@sathyanathanmenon7778]

PMi sold Hopes. The CM of Bengal smashed the hopes of People of Bengal by kicking out TATA NANO Factory.

[@nepalmajumder1737]

False leader of West Bengal who fled from Tripura

[@INNAMENNADEKKA]

But karan Freedom of speach is not for foreign ppl.. Right to life , RT. against exploitation are for foreigners

[@hughesedugyan8347]

What a degradation for Mr.Karan Thapar show

[@bhagatsingh5019]

Thank you Mr.Karan Thapar, the way you grilled this disgraceful man "Derek O'Brien". He his nothing but a chamcha of Mamta.

[@simranbhullar4104]

Karan as always have the habit not letting the guest to respond properly. He is so annoying, always beats around the bush.

[@ashishkumar.4100]

Derek o making a mess.

[@VeraHolm]

Karan Thapar stretching skepticism a bit too far by lifting quotes from the book without reference to context and the time in which the book is written. Honestly, Rahul Gandhi has already turned into a tiger and he will maul Modi very soon.

[@rajotavo]

RaGa as PM!! LOl!! Even Derek knows he is joking...he must have winked at Karan during the interview not to not have the camera focus on his facial expression when he asked that question!! :D

[@ms55761]

Karan thapar is nil aggressive. atleast can watch

[@ankurjoshi9217]

Dislike video only for Mr. Thaper's attitude.Rubbish.

[@palmino22]

derek is a loose talker, same like modi shah !

[@mr.debunk6970]

@26:20..Level of Hypocrisy..😨 CATEGORY 6..Lol😆

[@manrawat6639]

Lucha lafanga badmas

[@hughesedugyan8347]

Do people takes his political understanding seriously. He will tom Tom about " Mamtadi" because nobody is going to make him RS member as he can somehow manage Facebook and twitter account (like he does for Mamta Banerjee) and teach English to her. Dear All- Close your eyes and try to think about Mamta Banerjee English- so pathetic avoid your children to see her speech and learn wrong English which question Derek credibility as Tutor. Lastly I am from Bengal and voted for TMC but unfortunately I am bit literate with vertebra and not big fan of Modi . Only NDTV can highlight such IDIOT and his books.

[@abdullahrizwan6569]

Karan is simply pulling invalid issues like BJP or RSS.

[@SanjeevMahach]

karan needs to stop putting words in guests mouth

[@amitary]

A Example, that's how the politician's interview must be conducted. Mr. Bournvita Anchor is begging like anything to drag RSS 😊 This is what happens when your only skill is 'English Speaking'...but content.

[@amitary]

Max Elan Sorry, I don't believe in 'Is Equal' argument. Enjoy life.

[@kumarrishabh9574]

Oren berek don't worry next election u..ur 39 mp will decrease to 20 ...there is lots of aggression against mumtaz begum appeasements politics even ....their own Mp are don't lyk so much appeasements...pehle apna Ghar sambhalo ..baad me bjp ko harate rahana....last me yehi kahoge ...#Polarisation Kar rahi Hai bip

[@islamcancer6299]

Siddharth Varadarajan American-Indian journalist Siddharth Varadarajan is an Indian American journalist, editor, and academic. He is the former editor of The Hindu. Wikipedia Born: 1965 Spouse: Nandini Sundar Parents: Muthusamy Varadarajan Education: London School of Economics and Political Science Nationality: American, Indian Siblings: Tunku Varadarajan

[@siddharthb2633]

He is Indian. Indians cannot have two citizenships. You uneducated communal fool.

[@tanujjaswal2085]

Mamata is a dictator karan 😁

[@suptaguin3229]

So is Modi.