Congress performs politics, delivers oxygen to Philippines when they didn’t want it?

On Saturday (May 1), Congress chief Jairam Ramesh took to Twitter to thank the Youth Congress for supposedly responding to an emergency name for oxygen provide by the Embassy of the Republic of Philippines.
He tweeted, “While I thank @IYC for its stellar efforts, as an Indian citizen I’m stunned that the youth wing of the opposition party is attending to SOS calls from foreign embassies. Is the MEA sleeping @DrSJaishankar ?” Jairam Ramesh had shared a video posted by Srinivas B V, the National President of the Youth Congress. In the mentioned video, a number of folks might be seen unloading an oxygen cylinder from a automobile exterior the Philippines embassy.
Screengrab of the tweet by Jairam Ramesh
A day afterward Sunday, Union Minister for External Affairs (EAM) S Jaishankar responded to the claims made by senior Congress chief Jairam Ramesh on Twitter. He knowledgeable that the MEA verified the matter with the Philippines embassy and located that they’d no Coronavirus instances. “MEA checked with the Philippines Embassy. This was an unsolicited supply as they had no Covid cases,” he wrote.
S Jaishankar additional emphasised how the Congress occasion was denying oxygen cylinders to needy sufferers in its pursuit of petty politics. “Clearly for cheap publicity by you know who. Giving away cylinders like this when there are people in desperate need of oxygen is simply appalling,” he identified.
MEA checked with the Philippines Embassy. This was an unsolicited provide as they’d no Covid instances. Clearly for reasonable publicity by you understand who. Giving away cylinders like this when there are folks in determined want of oxygen is just appalling. @Jairam_Ramesh https://t.co/G3jPE3c0nR— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) May 2, 2021
The Union Minister for External Affairs concluded, “Jairamji, MEA never sleeps; our people know across the world. MEA also never fakes; we know who does.”
Jairamji, MEA by no means sleeps; our folks know the world over. MEA additionally by no means fakes; we all know who does.— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) May 2, 2021
Jairam Ramesh is but to reply to the clarification by the Ministry of External Affairs. This will not be the primary time when the senior Congress chief has sparked controversy by means of his remarks. After Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and different politicians from Canada commented on the farmer protests in India in December final yr, Jairam Ramesh appeared to argue that since Narendra Modi had mentioned ‘Abki Baar Trump Sarkaar’ at Houston, international interference in Indian inner issues can be justified.