China occupied India’s land in 1962, not now: Jaishankar takes swipe at Rahul Gandhi over his ‘territory loss’ remark
The Hindu
The Congress leader had last September said PM Modi has given ‘100 square kilometres of Indian territory’ to China ‘without a fight’, and asked the government how it will be retrieved
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Saturday said some people deliberately spread wrong news about the China issue knowing it is not true for politics and by talking about some land, which was taken by China in 1962, they give the impression this happened recently, the remarks viewed as a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
Mr. Jaishankar was interacting with the audience in a question-answer session during the launch of Bharat Marg, the Marathi translation of his book The India Way, in Pune.
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He also said the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) is a technical matter and Indus commissioners of both countries will talk to each other on this issue.
Queried about some people or leaders from political parties lacking confidence in India while speaking about China (military stand-off), he said there are some people in the Opposition who have such thinking which he finds difficult to understand.
He, however, added sometimes such people spread wrong news or information about China on purpose.
"If you want to ask why they have no confidence, why are they misleading people, why they spread the wrong khabar (news) about China? How can I answer these questions? Because I know they are also doing politics. Sometimes they deliberately spread such news that they know is not true," he added.
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