Pune:

Foreign Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday claimed the land that opposition leaders say has been occupied by China “was in fact occupied in 1962”, in a reference to the struggle when Jawaharlal Nehru was prime minister. He additionally took a swipe at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, who just lately spoke about an official report on lack of territory in Ladakh.

“Sometimes they spread news that they know is false. They project as if it happened just now, when it, in fact, happened in 1962… They won’t talk about that,” he mentioned, referring, in line with information company ANI, to China’s model of occasions. His “they” reference might have been to opposition leaders’ current remarks too.

On lack of territory, just lately Rahul Gandhi was amongst those that cited a report by a senior police officer in Ladakh that mentioned India has misplaced entry to 26 of 65 patrolling factors in Eastern Ladakh. The report was filed at a convention of the nation’s high cops in Delhi, attended by PM Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval.

But Mr Jaishankar sought to counter it, talking on the Saturday occasion in Pune.

“Also, if I would need to know something (on China), I won’t go to the Chinese ambassador to get inputs, but to my military leadership,” he added, furthering the dig by referring to Rahul Gandhi’s 2017 assembly with the envoy when the 2 international locations had been in a standoff.

Mr Gandhi had clarified on the time: “It is my job to be informed on critical issues. I met the Chinese Ambassador, (India’s) Ex-NSA (National Security Adviser), Congress leaders from NE (North East) and the Bhutanese ambassador.”

At the Pune occasion, the Foreign Minister additionally spoke about abroad information retailers utilizing adjectives similar to “Hindu nationalist” for India’s BJP authorities. “In America or Europe, they won’t say Christian Nationalist… these adjectives are reserved for us,” he mentioned.

He added that he’s pleased with it. “If you look at the last nine years, there is no doubt that government and politics of the day are more nationalistic… I don’t think there is anything to be apologetic about it,” mentioned the minister, talking in Hindi, on the launch of ‘Bharat Marg’, the Marathi translation of his e-book ‘The India Way’

His feedback on international media come when there’s a row over a BBC documentary on the PM, ‘The Modi Question’, that speaks in regards to the 2002 Gujarat riots, when he was Chief Minister, and the BJP’s allegedly communal politics.

The central authorities has denounced the two-part docu-series as a “propaganda piece” designed to push a discredited narrative.

In his remarks in Pune, Mr Jaishankar didn’t converse on this particularly, however mentioned that “everyone in the country is connected with PM Modi during India’s G20 presidency”.

India has acquired the headship of the worldwide group for a 12 months as a part of a rotation system.