Just now, I finished watching both interviews of Chandrababu Naidu and Jagan Mohan Reddy on ABN and TV9 respectively.
I have certain observations between the two leaders.
It's obvious that any politician speaks in defense and supports their own ideology or opinion in any interview. Everybody tries to sound convincing, but personality traits cannot be changed as they are inherent.
Observing Chandrababu Naidu, especially when he was answering questions related to the ordeals he faced in prison and the victim card he is trying to play in the interview, he sounded fake with his words but looked very confident with his body language.
The way Naidu answers with his eyes sharply looking into the interviewer makes all the difference.
If we watch Chandrababu's interview, we believe he is telling the truth. But if we only listen to his words with closed eyes, he sounds fake.
On the other hand, Jagan Mohan Reddy while explaining about the development activities happening in the state and while answering the question regarding YV Vivekananda Reddy's murder, he sounded very convincing with his words but looked fake with his body language.
The way he turns his head aside without maintaining eye contact with the interviewer to start giving an answer is negative body language. It appears as if he is cooking up something by doing so.
There is no hard and fast rule that one who looks like that is telling lies, but generally, this kind of body language doesn't appeal in the right spirit for the common man.
In this way, neither of the two leaders completely looked truthful or completely sounded convincing. Each one has one flaw - either in speech or in body language.
Usha Chowdhary