‘Won’t do politics abroad, watch me after I get once more’: Here is what EAM Jaishankar said taking a dig at Rahul Gandhi over his remarks throughout the US
On Saturday, June 3, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar took a jibe at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi over his controversial statements in direction of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his insurance coverage insurance policies all through his present ‘Mohabbat Ki Dukan’ farce throughout the US.
During his interaction with the Indian diaspora in South Africa’s Cape Town, EAM Jaishankar said, “Look, I can only talk for myself I try when I go abroad not to do politics. I’m perfectly prepared to argue and argue very vigorously at home. Okay, so you will never find me wanting in that regard.”
Minister Jaishankar extra pressured that there are particular collective obligations and nationwide pursuits which will be paramount when a political chief steps exterior the nation.
“But I think you know, even a democratic culture has a certain collective responsibility. There is a national interest there is a collective image. There are sometimes things bigger than politics and when you step outside the country, I think that’s important to remember,” Jaishankar asserted.
“So I might differ strongly with someone. I could say to you, I differ with them. But how I counter it, I would like to go back home and do it. And watch me when I get back,” EAM Jaishankar added.
#WATCH | …”There are sometimes, things bigger than politics & when you step outside the country, that is important to remember…I differ with them but how I counter it, I would like to go home and do it. Watch me when I get back”: EAM S Jaishankar when requested about Congress… pic.twitter.com/7h0YutokpH
— ANI (@ANI) June 3, 2023
This comes after Rahul Gandhi, at an event on Wednesday all through his 10-day US tour generally known as Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “specimen” saying that “there are many such people in India who are absolutely convinced that they know everything, in fact, I think, maybe they think know more than the God and they could sit down and talk with God and explain to him what is going on, and our prime minister is one such specimen.”
Moreover, Rahul Gandhi on 31 May claimed that minorities like Muslims and Sikhs are under assault in India. Answering a question from the ‘Bay Area Muslim community’ over alleged ‘threats to Muslims’ in India after his speech in Santa Clara in California, Rahul Gandhi said that Muslims and completely different minorities are feeling attacked in India. He said that it is “felt most strongly by the Muslim community because it is done most directly to them. But in fact, it is being done to all minorities.”
He then added, ‘The way Muslims are feeling attacked, I can guarantee Sikhs, Christians, Dalits and Tribals are feeling the same. What is happening to Muslims in India today happened to Dalits in the 1980s’.
Furthermore, the Congress chief all through his interaction with the entrepreneurs in Washington claimed that his cellphone is being tapped.
Rahul Gandhi said that he was acutely aware that his cellphone was being tapped nevertheless was unbothered about it. On his iPhone, he jokingly said, “Hello! Modi Ji.”
“I presume my iPhone is being tapped. You need to establish rules with regard to the privacy of data information as a nation and also as an individual. If a nation-state decides that they want to tap your phone, no one can stop you. This is my sense,” he stated.
Gandhi extra said that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has seized administration of all institutions in India and that the opposition is in a state of flux. He moreover mocked the Sengol and the model new parliament setting up suggesting that it is a switch by the Modi authorities to distract the parents from ‘real issues’.
