Ukrainian official says India has 'weak intellectual potential’, 'doesn't fully understand...'
Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak courted controversy with his comments on the ‘intellectual potential’ of Indians and Chinese. Podolyak's statement, which was published in an article by Sputnik, quoted him saying that India and China exhibits ‘weak intellectual potential’ and ‘fail to analyze the consequences of their actions’. "What's wrong with India, China, and so forth? The problem is that they are not analyzing the consequences of their steps, these countries have weak intellectual potential, unfortunately," Sputnik quoted Podolyak.
"Yes, they invest in science. Yes, India has launched a lunar rover presently and is now trekking on the surface of the Moon, but that does not indicate that this country fully comprehends what the modern world is about", Podolyak added. The old video of the interview came to limelight when Sputnik published an article on 12 September quoting Podolyak's comments made during an interview in Russian.
In the video interview the Ukrainian official talks about the successful Chandrayaan-3 mission, but adds the India ‘does not fully comprehend what the modern world is about’. This is not the first time Ukrainian officials have taken to the controversial side of Indians. In April this year, Ukraine authorities faced vehement backlash after the Defense of Ukraine's Twitter account shared a ‘work of art’ which showed Hindu goddess Kali in a rather awkward pose, somewhat resembling that Marilyn Monroe's famous pose.
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