Former Union Finance Minister and Congress chief P Chidambaram on Monday launched a scathing assault on External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for his remarks on the Katchatheevu island concern and accused him of ‘doing a somersault’. He mentioned that Jaishankar’s time from a ‘suave liberal Foreign Service officer’ to ‘a mouthpiece of the RSS-BJP’ will probably be recorded in ‘the annals of acrobatic sports activities.’
Taking to X, he wrote, “The Reply justified the circumstances under which India acknowledged that a small island belonged to Sri Lanka.” He additional wrote, “Tit for tat is old. Tweet for Tweet is the new weapon.”
“Will Foreign Minister Mr. Jaishankar please refer to the RTI reply dated 27-1-2015. I believe that Mr Jaishankar was the Foreign Secretary on 27-1-2015,” Chidambaram mentioned.
Jaishankar slams Congress govt for retaining nation in darkish over island concern
Earlier, Jaishankar had mentioned that administrations beneath Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi confirmed indifference in direction of the island concern. Jaishankar, who held a press convention at BJP headquarters in New Delhi, quoted the RTI reply and questioned how the Indira Gandhi-led authorities had “gifted” the island to the neighbouring nation, with out taking the nation in confidence.
“The island was given away in 1974 and the fishing rights were given away in 1976… One, the most basic recurring (aspect) is the indifference shown by the then central government and the PMs about the territory of India… That fact is they simply did not care…” Jaishankar mentioned in a press convention immediately.
Further, in the course of the presser, Jaishankar additionally took a dig on the former Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and underscored he did just like the pending island concern to be raised repetitively within the Parliament. The international minister alleged that for Nehru the island concern was the “sooner you give it away, the better.”
