Will defend big businesses if treated unfairly, says Rahul Gandhi

I guarantee that if Jawaharlal Nehru was alive in the 1990s, he would have liberalised the economy

On a flight from Delhi to Chandigarh to address a rally in Himachal Pradesh on the last day of the 2019 Lok Sabha election campaign, Congress President Rahul Gandhi tells Archis Mohan he is not anti-business, but anti-crony capitalism. He says if his party comes to power, the middle class will not be additionally taxed to fund the NYAY scheme. Edited excerpts:

You have changed in the last five years, particularly after the Gujarat Assembly polls. One sees a more battle-hardened Rahul Gandhi, who is willing to give it a fight. Did something change in the last five years? 

Well,