Thursday, Congress MP Manish Tewari criticised S Jaishankar for his recent comments about the border dispute with China. He said that even a “unconditional surrender” would be better worded. In an interview with Smita Prakash of ANI, Jaishankar said that China had a bigger economy and that India was reacting to what China had done along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh by breaking border agreements.
“They have the more money. what I’ll do next. I am a smaller economy. Am I going to get into a fight with a bigger economy? It’s not a matter of how to act. Just use your common sense. We agreed that we shouldn’t bring a lot of people to the borders, not because we love them or care about them, but because it’s in our best interest to keep our borders or a situation stable. It’s a basic math problem, “he said.
Lok Sabha member Manish Tewari responded to Jaishankar’s statement by tweeting, “Minister @DrSJaishankar even an unconditional surrender is better worded, if not spoken with more dignity.”
“If this is the defeatist way of thinking, it’s no wonder they haven’t talked about China in Parliament since September 2020,” he said.
Congress has been criticising Jaishankar for what he said and has called him “this country’s most failed foreign minister.”
“There hasn’t been a US ambassador in India for two and a half years. You do things like G20 and plays, but you don’t lie about China. The only time PLA says this is when the PM says there is no encroachment. Is Jaishankar suffering from Stockholm syndrome?” At a press conference, Supriya Shrinate, who is in charge of social media for the Congress, said.
She said, “In an interview, EAM said, “We are the smaller economy and they (China) are the bigger economy, so we can’t go and pick a fight with them.” What is he saying? This is the most offensive thing that an EAM has ever said. What are you going to do if other countries are planning? Bangladesh is better off economically than we are, “she said.
