The minister mentioned the UN official was requested a really loaded query.
Thiruvananthapuram:
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday dismissed a senior United Nations official’s current comment on elections in India, saying that he doesn’t want the worldwide physique to inform that the elections within the nation must be “free and fair”.
His feedback got here in response to a question relating to an announcement by a spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General that they “hope” that in India, individuals’s “political and civil rights” are protected and everybody is ready to vote in a “free & fair” environment.
Mr Jaishankar, who was right here to marketing campaign for his ministerial colleague and BJP candidate Rajeev Chandrasekhar within the Lok Sabha polls, additionally mentioned that the UN official made the touch upon the Indian elections final week in response to a “very loaded question” throughout a press briefing on the UN.
“I don’t need the United Nations to tell me our elections should be free and fair. I have the people of India. The people of India will ensure that elections are free and fair. So, don’t worry about it,” the minister instructed reporters throughout an interplay right here.
Last week, Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, was requested in regards to the “political unrest” in India forward of the upcoming nationwide elections within the wake of the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the freezing of the opposition Congress’ financial institution accounts.
“What we very much hope that in India, as in any country that is having elections, that everyone’s rights are protected, including political and civil rights, and everyone is able to vote in an atmosphere that is free and fair,” Mr Dujarric had mentioned.
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