It's Confidence: S Jaishankar Counters Rahul Gandhi’s Foreign Services Remark | Centre Vs Rahul

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday tore into Rahul Gandhi for calling the Indian Foreign Service arrogant. Jaishankar said it is not arrogance but confidence that India displays on the world stage.

On May 20, Rahul Gandhi, while speaking at an event organised by a non-profit think-tank in London, said several bureaucrats from Europe had told him that the Indian Foreign Service had “changed completely”.

“They are arrogant, they don’t listen to anything. Now they are just telling us what orders they are getting,” Gandhi said. Responding to this, Jaishankar said, "Yes, the Indian Foreign Service has changed. Yes, they follow the orders of the government. Yes, they counter the arguments of others. No, its not called arrogance. It is called confidence. And it is called defending national interest."

Meanwhile, Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala has come in support of Rahul Gandhi and criticised EAM for using foreign service to further the agenda of the party rather then the nation. Taking to Twitter, he wrote, "Yes, it is also called being subservient to the political masters in face of foreign policy bloopers. Yes, it is called not being able to stand up to China in face of illegal occupation of our territory. Yes, it is called furthering the agenda of a party rather than the nation."

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[bharaniviswas]

A day with out degrading India is a day wasted in my life : Pappu

[ritavarma]

Congress cannot get rid of its Colonial mindset. They have always projected India as an inferior country. Now this Govt is showing the world our value.
No more sucking up to them. Kudos to our PM and FM.

[vking]

Indian Foreign Service is to serve India and not European countries.

[shantiemaharaj]

What is more arrogant than shameless congress former fm chidambaran the thief the corrupt minister. Jai ho jai Shankar ji

[mukunthannarayanasamy]

Sir, the person to counter rahul's foolish statements is not even your office assistant. So ignore him sir.

[trulylogicalmind]

It's called confidence, ' EAM counters Rahul's 'arrogant' Foreign Service remark, it is akin to how " Aid " by other countries during the second covid wave, was called " friendship".

[hrudayanandamohanta]

Rahul Gandhi ne pure Congress party ko hi Pappu bana diya 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[rahuldelhi]

Honorable prime minister Narendra Modi ji is a great global leader. Congress is nowhere now in India.

[kamalchau]

Perpetual liar.... this free fund fraud Gandhi

[srravishankar]

Mad dogs should be encountered no matter where they bark or when they bite. :D

[shantiemaharaj]

Jai ho Shankar ji what u expect from raga nothing but anti nationalism he is desperate for the Indian treasury as oppose to pm modi and his team members desperate to see Indias ascent raga duncy for so

[elborrador]

Why are they inviting pappu? He and his party have been brushed into the dustbin by the Indian electorate, he has singlehandedly destroyed his party, what insight and knowledge are they expecting from him by giving him a stage?

[EoamerGaming]

Encouraging 2 see that IT even bothered to see the whole conference, Just 1 question why isnt a BJP guy on any such conference in any country, leave the west,

[rajivnair]

Sir, it is not at all Worth wasting even one minute of Your Precious Time. By now everybody knows the background and Nobody has time to bother about such comments.

[SK-ebwj]

Very difficult to digest the truth. That's the problem with media and the ruling party's supporters.

[biswaranjansahoo]

What confidence???? Feku controlling news channels in india is confidential??? Or China ladakh case??? Or indian properties are sold to Adani Ambani is a confidential???? It means these remarks are confidential for feku. By the way, BJP is in power, so file a case and arrest him immediately on the ground that he broken country's sovereignty.

[sabenafrancis]

All the progress of India has happened under Congress rule only.

[sabenafrancis]

Thanks to Rajiv Gandhi, today India is technologically so advanced.