Amatya Rakshas was Chandragupt's Prime Minister!!! - Page 3

Amatya Rakshasa did not like Chanakya. He hated him for ruining the king that he was faithful to. Chanakya met him and asked him to be the Prime Minister. Amatya Rakshasa blatantly refused.
Intermittently, he kept on persuading him to accept the post. Once Amatya was to attend a function at the residence of a businessman. Chanakya reached there and invited him to become the Prime Minister. He told, "A Prime Minister is not responsible to a king or to a government or to the board of ministers, he is responsible to the land and the people. The people have a right to see the best person at that high pedestal. You have the ability. People have faith in you. You must accept this challenging job." Amatya Rakshasa was in a fix. After a lot of discussions, he accepted the post