“Old, rich and dangerous…” Jaishankar takes on George Soros

By ANI

SYDNEY: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday termed billionaire investor George Soros as an “old, rich opinionated person” who nonetheless thinks that his views ought to decide how the whole world works.

Addressing a session with Australian Minister Chris Brown on the Raisina@Sydney Dialogue , Jaishankar mentioned,”Mr Soros is an old, rich opinionated person sitting in New York who still thinks that his views should determine how the entire world works…such people actually invest resources in shaping narratives.”

“People like him think an election is good if the person they want to see, wins and if the election throws up a different outcome then they will say it is a flawed democracy and the beauty is that all this is done under the pretence of advocacy of open society,” the exterior affairs minister mentioned.

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Soros had in his remarks on the Munich Security Conference this Thursday mentioned, “Adani is accused of stock manipulation and his stock collapsed like a house of cards. Modi is silent on the subject, but he will have to answer questions from foreign investors and in Parliament.”

Terming Modi and Adani as “close allies,” whose “fate is intertwined”, the 92-year-old billionaire investor mentioned, “This will significantly weaken Modi’s stranglehold on India’s federal government and open the door to push for much-needed institutional reforms.” “I may be naive, but I expect a democratic revival in India,” Soros mentioned in his remarks delivered on the 2023 Munich Security Conference.

In Sydney, Jaishankar as we speak mentioned, “When I look at my own democracy, I’ve today a voter turnout, which is unprecedented, electoral outcomes which are decisive, electoral process which is not questioned. We’re not one of those countries where after elections, somebody goes to arbitrate in court.”

“Mr Soros said India is a democratic country but he doesn’t think the Prime minister of India is a democrat. He earlier accused us of planning to strip millions Muslims of their citizenship which of course didn’t happen, it was a ridiculous suggestion,” the exterior affairs minister mentioned.

Globalisation, Jaishankar mentioned, permits seamless alternatives but in addition permits narratives to be formed, cash to come back in, and organisations to get about their agenda.

“All this is done under the pretence of advocacy of open society of transparency, etc,” he mentioned.

Hitting out at Soros’ feedback, Jaishankar mentioned, “If you do this kind of scaremongering…millions of people will be deprived of citizenship. It actually does real damage to the societal fabric because somebody out there believes you. You create that kind of fear psychosis.”

Meanwhile, BJP lashed out over Soros’ feedback. Addressing a press convention in New Delhi, Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Friday slammed Soros mentioned that the person who broke the Bank of England and a person, who’s designated as an financial warfare legal, has now expressed his need to interrupt the Indian democracy.

She added that Soros desires a authorities that’s pliable to his wants for making his nefarious plans profitable.

“It is evident from his statements that he has pronounced funding over one billion dollars to target leaders like PM Modi. This is significant,” The Minister mentioned throughout the convention.She mentioned, “Those who support Soros need to know that democracy has prevailed in India and continues to do so and as a party worker of the BJP, I can say that these designs to weaken Indian democracy will be met by the might of India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.” 

SYDNEY: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday termed billionaire investor George Soros as an “old, rich opinionated person” who nonetheless thinks that his views ought to decide how the whole world works.

Addressing a session with Australian Minister Chris Brown on the Raisina@Sydney Dialogue , Jaishankar mentioned,”Mr Soros is an old, rich opinionated person sitting in New York who still thinks that his views should determine how the entire world works…such people actually invest resources in shaping narratives.”

“People like him think an election is good if the person they want to see, wins and if the election throws up a different outcome then they will say it is a flawed democracy and the beauty is that all this is done under the pretence of advocacy of open society,” the exterior affairs minister mentioned.

WATCH:

Soros had in his remarks on the Munich Security Conference this Thursday mentioned, “Adani is accused of stock manipulation and his stock collapsed like a house of cards. Modi is silent on the subject, but he will have to answer questions from foreign investors and in Parliament.”

Terming Modi and Adani as “close allies,” whose “fate is intertwined”, the 92-year-old billionaire investor mentioned, “This will significantly weaken Modi’s stranglehold on India’s federal government and open the door to push for much-needed institutional reforms.” “I may be naive, but I expect a democratic revival in India,” Soros mentioned in his remarks delivered on the 2023 Munich Security Conference.

In Sydney, Jaishankar as we speak mentioned, “When I look at my own democracy, I’ve today a voter turnout, which is unprecedented, electoral outcomes which are decisive, electoral process which is not questioned. We’re not one of those countries where after elections, somebody goes to arbitrate in court.”

“Mr Soros said India is a democratic country but he doesn’t think the Prime minister of India is a democrat. He earlier accused us of planning to strip millions Muslims of their citizenship which of course didn’t happen, it was a ridiculous suggestion,” the exterior affairs minister mentioned.

Globalisation, Jaishankar mentioned, permits seamless alternatives but in addition permits narratives to be formed, cash to come back in, and organisations to get about their agenda.

“All this is done under the pretence of advocacy of open society of transparency, etc,” he mentioned.

Hitting out at Soros’ feedback, Jaishankar mentioned, “If you do this kind of scaremongering…millions of people will be deprived of citizenship. It actually does real damage to the societal fabric because somebody out there believes you. You create that kind of fear psychosis.”

Meanwhile, BJP lashed out over Soros’ feedback. Addressing a press convention in New Delhi, Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Friday slammed Soros mentioned that the person who broke the Bank of England and a person, who’s designated as an financial warfare legal, has now expressed his need to interrupt the Indian democracy.

She added that Soros desires a authorities that’s pliable to his wants for making his nefarious plans profitable.

“It is evident from his statements that he has pronounced funding over one billion dollars to target leaders like PM Modi. This is significant,” The Minister mentioned throughout the convention.She mentioned, “Those who support Soros need to know that democracy has prevailed in India and continues to do so and as a party worker of the BJP, I can say that these designs to weaken Indian democracy will be met by the might of India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.”