EXCLUSIVE | Raihan Vadra Speaks to CNN-News18 on Bikaner House Photo Controversy | Priyanka Gandhi

EXCLUSIVE | Raihan Vadra, son of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, speaks to CNN-News18 amid the controversy over his photography exhibition, *No Idea Is Final*, at Delhi’s Bikaner House.In an exclusive recorded conversation, Raihan recounts how the venue’s management raised objections to some photographs around 24 hours before the exhibition opened. He says he asked the management to specify in writing which photographs violated its policy and explain the reasons for their removal.Raihan says he had already removed photographs featuring political slogans and political figures because he understood the venue’s policy to prohibit political content. He describes the works as street photography documenting events, including protests in India over the past year, alongside other photographs.He also questions why photographs featuring the Indian national flag became an issue. According to Raihan, the dispute escalated shortly before the exhibition’s scheduled opening, leaving his team with little time to respond.The controversy has raised questions about the boundaries between artistic expression, venue policies and the documentation of political events. The venue’s management had not issued a substantive public response in the reports available at the time of publication.Watch Raihan Vadra’s exclusive conversation with CNN-News18 for his account of what happened, the photographs at the...