He did not agree with a questioner that Rahul could be more than a match for the BJP as he is an "untested entity".
"If after ten years in Parliament and public life, he is untested entity, then it only reflects on how much impact he had in the last 10 years", Jaitley remarked.
Asked as to what was the high point in the Prime Minister's tenure, he said that it was the fact that he got re-elected in 2009. "It was an important milestone as far as he is concerned".
Replying to a question, former envoy Hardeep Singh Puri who joined the BJP yesterday, wondered why there was no reference in the PM's press meet to internal security or reining in of terror machinery from across the border.
Welcoming the decision of Justice Ganguly to resign as an honorary professor of the NUJS, a law college spokesperson said they appreciated the decision.
NUJS spokesperson, Ruchira Goswami said, "Our Vice-Chancellor P Ishwara Bhatt has appreciated the stand and this has been informed to our faculty as they had demanded that the university should dissociate with him."
The premier law institute's faculty members had written to the VC saying Justice Ganguly's continued association with the institution undermines the ideals of NUJS that has always strived to teach and foster justice, including gender justice.
As an honorary professor of NUJS, the retired Supreme Court judge attended guest lectures besides supporting other academic activities.
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