External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar joins a roadshow earlier than BJP candidate from Bhongir, Bura Narsaiah Goud filed his nomination, in Bhongir on Tuesday.
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India’s overseas policy should be dictated by national interest and safety alone quite than be a prisoner to any ‘Left ideology or vote bank politics’ and it shifted from ‘diffidence to confidence’ the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi determined to cross the borders after the Uri incident and later, throughout the Balakot airstrikes, asserted Union Minister for External Affairs S. Jaishankar on Tuesday.
Delivering a chat on “Foreign Policy the India Way: From Difference to Confidence” organised by the Forum for Nationalist Thinkers, Mr. Jaishankar, in his typical method, tore into the overseas policy file underneath the erstwhile Congress governments ranging from Prime Minister Nehru for not having “clarity on national interest” however going blindly towards the West which is “refusing to see basics of diplomacy”.
Mr. Jaishankar additionally traced the CAA – Citizenship Amendment Act (with out naming) — to previous Nehru-Liaquat pact in the direction of defending minorities post-Partition riots. The Modi Government was solely “correcting a mistake of giving people rights, but we are accused of taking away rights” even after everyone seems to be conscious in regards to the minorities plight there, he claimed.
An “enormous mistake” was additionally corrected in abrogating ‘temporary’ Article 370 because it solely created a “Kashmir and a vote bank lobby”. He additionally questioned if it was not “faith” that had dictated policy in the direction of establishing diplomatic relations in the direction of Israel or in Prime Minister not visiting until Mr. Modi went there.
About China, although it was the most important problem, “we looked away” even after first Home Minister Sardar Patel cautioned Nehru. “I am not fault-finding, but Nehru himself wrote it was inconceivable China would cross the Himalayas to attack. He was more bothered about what people will think when seeking President Kennedy’s help,” he alleged.
“No other country got impacted due to terrorism like us. But, post the Mumbai attack, the then government had decided the cost of attacking Pakistan is more than not attacking,” he claimed. The Modi Government was defending the borders with new infrastructure and placing techniques in place to react to any eventuality. It additionally withstood stress to purchase Russian oil or in becoming a member of ‘Quad’ group.
“How many things we can get wrong? Anyone would think that after ‘91 reforms’ socialism is not relevant but the same mindset is prevailing in a party,” he charged. The economic system was strong now and there was a way of “self-belief and confidence in our abilities in the last 10 years which is expressing in action whether it is during Covid or in manufacturing defence goods or 5G technology,” added the Minister.
Nomination
Mr. Jaishanker, earlier within the day, participated in a rally taken out in Bhongir the place the get together’s candidate from Bhongir Boora Narsaiah Goud filed his papers. Rajya Sabha member Okay. Laxman was current.