Storm brewing, vital to have safe pair of hands to take India through: Jaishankar
Ukraine-Russia conflict and other geopolitical tensions, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said a "storm" is brewing and it is going to get worse while asserting that it is absolutely vital to have a "safe pair of hands" to take India through this very difficult period. He was speaking during an interaction held at a Delhi Tamil Education Association-run school in the national capital, days ahead of the polling for the ongoing Lok Sabha election here.
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The audience included many first-time voters. Jaishankar urged them to exercise their franchise and underlined that it is important that «the world should be in your mind» while making choices.
Responding to a query on a narrative being used by some politicians on Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) during poll campaigning, the minister said, «I do not think people are saying PoK will be part of India, PoK was always part of India.»
«What has happened, PoK, for reasons we all know, is currently occupied by Pakistan. Now, what we are seeing, a lot of ferment in PoK. We can only speculate why are people getting excited in PoK. One reason could be that they are seeing the progress in the Kashmir valley and saying that their life is getting better, why should I be left behind — maybe that is the reason,» he said.
His comments came in the backdrop of several people demonstrating against high prices of wheat flour and inflated electricity bills and taxes in PoK.
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