New Delhi:
Lok Sabha MPs on Tuesday acquired an addition to any studying listing they might have after Prime Minister Narendra Modi advisable they learn ‘JFK’s Forgotten Disaster’, US overseas coverage professional Bruce Reidel’s guide on political and diplomatic emergencies throughout John F Kennedy’s presidency.
The suggestion got here as Mr Modi aimed a dig – invoking ex-PM Jawaharlal Nehru, a frequent goal of BJP assaults – at critics of his authorities’s dealing with of the China border row, and adopted questions by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi yesterday and Samajwadi Occasion chief Akhilesh Yadav earlier as we speak.
The guide, he declared, revealed “what video games” Mr Nehru had performed with the nation’s safety.
“If somebody is admittedly focused on overseas coverage… they need to learn ‘JFK’s Forgotten Disaster’,” Mr Modi mentioned throughout his speech on the Movement of Because of President Droupadi Murmu’s tackle final week.
“This guide was written by a overseas coverage scholar (and) in it there’s a point out of India’s first PM, who additionally held the International Affairs portfolio. It had his dialog with JFK when the nation was coping with a disaster scenario… the guide particulars what video games have been performed within the title of overseas coverage…”
The advice, although, was questioned by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.
“I couldn’t perceive why the Prime Minister talked about this guide… what did it must do with the dialogue on the President’s speech?” a puzzled Mr Tharoor advised NDTV.
“I learn Riedel’s guide seven years in the past. It mentioned that when there was a struggle between India and China, in 1962, the USÂ secretly helped us. It additionally mentioned we had requested for assist… and mentioned our scenario (within the struggle) was not good,” he mentioned.
On Tuesday Mr Gandhi had questioned the federal government over stories India had surrendered over 4,000 sq km of its territory to China. “The PM denied it however the Military contradicted him… China is sitting on 4,000 sq km of our territory…” the Congress chief mentioned within the Home, prompting fast protests and, a day later, a agency rebuttal by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
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The Prime Minister’s ‘homework’ for opposition MPs got here amid a fierce and wide-ranging assault on his political rivals, starting with the Aam Aadmi Occasion and the Congress, his Bharatiya Janata Occasion’s direct opponents for Wednesday’s Delhi Meeting election.
These assaults included references to allegations AAP boss Arvind Kejriwal spent Rs 45 crore of taxpayers’ cash on luxurious renovations to the bungalow he occupied as Chief Minister.
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Mr Modi additionally slammed the Congress over its ‘garibi hatao‘, or ‘get rid of poverty’, slogan, arguing the social gathering had did not ship on its promise regardless of a long time of energy. Against this his authorities, the Prime Minister claimed, had helped 25 crore individuals out of poverty in 10 years alone.
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