Responding sharply to a query on whether or not “India was being a bully in the region” (Indian sub-continent and the Indian Ocean area), at a ebook launch occasion in Delhi, exterior affairs minister S Jaishankar mentioned ‘huge bullies’ do not present $4.5 billion in help when neighbours are in misery. His response was not solely successful with most of the people but in addition Bollywood famous person Amitabh Bachchan. (Also learn: Is India being a bully? S Jaishankar’s reply: ‘Bullies don’t provide USD 4.5 billion aid’)

Amitabh Bachchan praises EAM

Amitabh Bachchan reposted the touch upon Twitter and praised S Jaishankar. “WAH!! Well said sir,” Amitabh mentioned in his tweet on Monday afternoon. His tweet additionally acquired a bunch of replies with somebody even asking him if he plans to affix politics. “Absolutely ji. He’s one of the best diplomats and EAM (external affairs minister) this nation has seen. Amit ji, are you joining politics?” learn a reply. “Good to hear this from a legend,” wrote one other.

What did S Jaishankar say?

A video clip of Jaishankar’s response to the ‘barb’ was extensively shared throughout social media platforms.

“The big change today in this part of the world is what has happened between India and its neighbours. When you say India is perceived as a big bully, you know, big bullies don’t provide four and a half billion dollars when the neighbours are in trouble. Big bullies don’t supply vaccines to other countries when Covid-19 is on or make exceptions to their own rules to respond to food demands or fuel demands or fertilizer demands because some war in some other part of the world has complicated their lives,” Jaishankar mentioned on the occasion on Sunday.

“You also have to look today at actually what is changed between India and its neighbours. Certainly, with Bangladesh and Nepal, I mean today you have a power grid, you have roads which didn’t exist a decade ago, you have railways which didn’t exist a decade ago, there’s usage of waterways. Indian businesses use ports of Bangladesh on a national treatment basis,” Jaishankar added.

Amitabh was on the Ambani bash in Jamnagar, Gujarat on Sunday together with his household. He attended the pre-wedding operate of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant with spouse Jaya Bachchan, son Abhishek Bachchan, daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai and daughter Shweta Bachchan. His grandkids Aaradhya, Agastya and Navya had been additionally there. Amitabh even took to his blog to share his experience in Jamnagar. The household got here again to Mumbai within the early hours of Monday.