New Delhi: A day after S Jaishankar stated that the West has had a “bad habit” of commenting on others, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday (April 3, 2023) urged the External Affairs Minister to “cool a little bit’. He also said that “if we react to each remark, we’re doing ourselves a disservice”.
“We need not be so thin-skinned, I think it’s very important that as govt we take something in stride. If we react to every comment, we are doing ourselves a disservice. I will strongly urge EAM Jaishankar to cool a little bit,” Tharoor instructed the information company ANI.
#WATCH | We needn’t be so thin-skinned, I believe it is essential that as govt we take one thing in stride. If we react to each remark, we’re doing ourselves a disservice. I’ll strongly urge EAM Jaishankar to chill slightly bit: Shashi Tharoor on EAM’s “West has a nasty… pic.twitter.com/2DtYLWspMO
— ANI (@ANI) April 3, 2023
His response got here after Jaishankar on Sunday stated that the West has had a “bad habit” for a very long time, of commenting on others, and it thinks it has a “God-given right” to discuss the interior issues of different nations.
While talking on Germany and the United States’ remarks on the disqualification of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi as a Member of Parliament, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP stated, “There are two reasons. It is because the West has had a bad habit for a long time of commenting on others. They somehow think it is some kind of God-given right. They will have to learn only by experience that if you keep doing this, other people will also start commenting and they will not like it when it happens. I see that happening.”
“The second part of the truth — in our arguments, you are inviting the people to comment on you. Then more and more people are tempted to comment. We also need to stop giving generous invitations to the world saying there are problems in India; America and Europe, why are you standing by and doing nothing?,” he added in the course of the ‘Meet and Greet’ interplay organised by Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya and Bengaluru Central MP P C Mohan with over 500 younger voters, joggers and guests at Cubbon Park within the Karnataka capital.
Bengaluru Central MP Sri @PCMohanMP and essential functionaries of BJYM Bengaluru had been current on the occasion.
The enthusiasm amongst Bengaluru’s younger to grasp India’s standing on the earth, our management position in G20 and PM Modi’s sport altering overseas coverage is spectacular. pic.twitter.com/QBfEZqp62m
— Tejasvi Surya (@Tejasvi_Surya) April 2, 2023
“So if somebody from here goes and says ‘why are you standing by and saying nothing’, then obviously they are going to comment. Part of the problem is them, part of the problem is us. And I think both need fixing,” he stated.
