Firm Rebuttal : External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Slams West For Speaking On Internal Affairs Of Other Countries

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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said India was not a country that would put up with its national flag being pulled down by somebody; it was “very responsible” along with being “very firm”.

Referring to the incident last month in London where a group of protesters waving separatist Khalistani flags and chanting pro-Khalistani slogans pulled down the tricolour flying atop the Indian High Commission, he said an even bigger flag was immediately put up on the building to make a statement to both the Khalistanis and to the British.

“You have seen in the last few days some incidents in London, something in Canada, a little bit in Australia and San Francisco… This is not an India which will accept its national flag being pulled down by somebody,” Jaishankar said.

West has had a “bad habit” for a long time, of commenting on others, and it thinks it has a “God-given right” to speak about the internal matters of other countries.

He said this during a ‘Meet and Greet’ interaction organised by Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya and Bengaluru Central MP P C Mohan with over 500 young voters, joggers and visitors at Cubbon Park here.

The Minister was responding to a question on Germany and United States’ remarks on the disqualification of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as a Member of Parliament.