The timing of the BBC documentary on Narendra Modi is not accidental, it is politics by other means, said Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar while speaking to ANI News on a range of topics – from China, to the controversial series.
He added, “What is happening is, just like I told you -- this drip, drip, drip -- how do you shape a very extremist image of India, of the government, of the BJP, of the prime minister.
“I mean, this has been going on for a decade. I am not a conspiracy theorist. Why is it difficult to understand there are ideologies and political forces outside India similar to those in India and the two working hand in glove.”
Jaishankar continued, “The narrative that the Indian government is on the defensive, being accommodative. Who sent the Indian Army to LAC? Rahul Gandhi didn't send them. Narendra Modi sent them.
“If he [Rahul Gandhi] has superior knowledge and wisdom on China, I am always willing to listen. As I said, for me life is a learning process. If that is a possibility, I have never closed my mind to anything however improbable that may be.”
Commenting on India’s neighbour and rival, he remarked, “Pakistan's future is largely determined by its own actions and choices. Nobody reaches a difficult situation suddenly without cause. It is for them to find out.
“Today, our relationship is not one where we can be relevant directly to that process.”
