During a recent event in Bengaluru called BJYM Yuva Samvada, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar commented that there is a phenomenon where individuals from within the country are taking their political views outside, while individuals from outside the country are attempting to interfere with the politics within. According to Jaishankar, "this is what we are seeing today", Hindustan Times reported.
๐๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฐ, ๐ฎ๐๐ธ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฟ
"Many people in the world were very comfortable with how things were in India till 2014 and after things changed, they saw different confidence, different beliefs. Suddenly people started saying there is something wrong, the court is not performing properly, the election commission is not okay, press is being restricted. Everything happened after 2014 only?" the External Affairs Minister asked.
๐ข๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ: ๐๐๐
"Why is that happening? You have people outside India who have an interest in people inside India. And when those people do not get electoral success and they are today seen as less and less representing the reality of India, there is an attempt from outside to make out as though that is normal and somewhere India has started to deviate. Now if you look historically, this is the normal -- what you are seeing today," Jaishankar was quoted as saying by Hindustan Times.
The statement was made amidst a significant political dispute, as the BJP insisted on an apology from Rahul Gandhi for his speech in London. Rahul Gandhi, who was disqualified from the Lok Sabha after being convicted in a 2019 defamation case, was alleged to have sought foreign aid in India's domestic politics.
๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐บ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐
During his appearance at the event hosted by Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya, Jaishankar spoke about the recent assault on Indian missions overseas by pro-Khalistani supporters.
"It is the obligation of the receiving country to ensure the embassy or the high commission or the consulate and their premises are respected. These obligations were not met,โ Jaishankar said.
On Saturday, the Canadian high commissioner Cameron MacKay was summoned by the Ministry of External Affairs, and the concerns were raised about the actions taken by pro-Khalistan groups against India's missions in Canada. This move comes just a few days after similar protests were raised with the UK and the US.
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