"They Won't Say Christian Nationalist...": S Jaishankar Jabs Foreign Media - NDTV

New Delhi:

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar connected Saturday reprimanded overseas newspapers for reserving adjectives similar "Hindu nationalist" for the Indian government.

"If you work overseas newspapers, they usage words similar Hindu nationalist government. In America oregon Europe, they won't accidental Christian nationalist... these adjectives are reserved for us. They don't recognize that this state is acceptable to bash much with the satellite and not little with the world," said Jaishankar.

Jaishankar was successful Pune for the merchandise of his English publication "The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World," which has been translated into Marathi arsenic 'Bharat Marg'.

The Marathi mentation of Jaishankar's publication was released by Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis.

Jaishankar said helium is arrogant of it and doesn't deliberation determination is thing to beryllium apologetic.

"If you look astatine the past 9 years, determination is nary uncertainty that authorities and authorities of the time are much nationalistic...I don't deliberation determination is thing to beryllium apologetic astir it. The aforesaid nationalist radical person helped countries overseas and moved guardant successful catastrophe situations successful different countries," helium said.

Notably, determination is simply a enactment implicit the arguable BBC documentary connected Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 'The Modi Question.'

India connected Thursday denounced the arguable BBC documentary bid connected Prime Minister Narendra Modi and described it arsenic a "propaganda piece" designed to propulsion a discredited narrative.

Addressing a play media briefing, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi said this documentary show, based connected immoderate interior UK reports, shows the assemblage mindset.

"We deliberation this is simply a propaganda portion designed to propulsion a peculiar discredited narrative. The bias and the deficiency of objectivity and frankly continuing assemblage mindset are belatedly visible," Bagchi said successful effect to the question connected the PM documentary series.

UK's National broadcaster BBC aired a two-part bid connected PM Narendra Modi's tenure arsenic Gujarat's Chief Minister. The documentary sparked outrage and was removed from prime platforms.

"So if you work adjacent clip successful a overseas paper due to the fact that they always, overseas newspapers, they similar utilizing words similar Hindu nationalist comment, okay?" Jaishankar said.

"So adjacent clip you work it, inquire yourself, however wrongly are they speechmaking maine that they really bash not recognize that this state is getting acceptable to bash much with the world, not little with the world," helium advised.

The EAM said that everyone successful the state is connected with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during India's G20 Presidency.

"We privation to amusement the satellite this G20 volition person 200 meetings. Through these 200 meetings, we privation to amusement the world, please, world, travel to spot India. See the changes successful India, spot however overmuch enthusiasm and affirmative sentiment determination is for the satellite successful India," said Jaishankar.

He besides took a excavation astatine Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi portion referring to China.

"Why doesn't absorption speech astir areas occupied by China successful 1962....They ne'er speech astir that?" adding, "I won't spell to the Chinese ambassador to get inputs, but my subject leadership."

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