In his second media interaction during the ongoing lockdown, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi did not have many new things to say than those he had red-flagged about the coronavirus crisis in his first video conference with the press on April 16. Yet, the interaction, which lasted for over an hour, projected Rahul not just as a confident leader willing to brave a litany of questions but also a politician with rare courage of conviction to refrain from mudslinging against his virulent critics in the central government despite eminently compelling reasons to do so.