Some people purposely spread wrong info about China issue for politics: Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said some people deliberately spread wrong news about the China issue knowing it is not true for politics and by talking about some land which was taken by China in 1962 they give the impression this happened recentlyJaishankar made the remarks viewed as a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday while interacting with the audience in Pune in a questionanswer session during the launch of Bharat Marg the Marathi translation of his book The India WayHe also said the Indus Water Treaty IWT is a technical matter and Indus commissioners of both countries will talk to each other on this issueQueried about some people or leaders from political parties lacking confidence in India while speaking about China military standoff he said there are some people in the Opposition who have such thinking which he finds difficult to understandHe however said sometimes such people spread wrong news or information about China on purposeIf you want to ask why they have no confidence why are they misleading people why they spread the wrong khabar news about China How can I answer these questions Because I know they are also doing politics Sometimes they deliberately spread such news that they know is not true Jaishankar saidSometimes they talk about some land which was taken by China in 1962 But they will not tell you the truth They will give you the impression that this thing happened yesterday he said without taking namesAlso Read Attempts to create divisions in India PM Modi amid row over BBC documentaryCongress leader Rahul Gandhi had in September last year said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given 100 square kilometres of Indian territory to China without a fight and asked the government how it will be retrievedJaishankar also said sometimes some people say there is soch me kami lack of understanding in him but in that case he will approach the military leadership Army or IntelligenceI will not call the Chinese ambassador and seek information he saidNotably in 2017 when India and China were locked in a standoff on the border area abutting Bhutan the Congress said Rahul Gandhi had met the ambassadors of the two neighbouring countriesJaishankar further said China is Indias only neighbour which is a global power and may become a superpower in the years to comeOn Indias view regarding current developments in Pakistan and what would be the implications of Indias decisions regarding the IWT Jaishankar said it would not be appropriate for him to comment in public about the happenings in that countryIn this Indus Water treaty there are commissioners from both countries India and Pakistan It is a technical matter and Indus commissioners will talk to each other and after that we can see what would be the next step he saidThe Union ministers remarks came against the backdrop of India according to sources issuing a notice to Pakistan for the first time seeking a review and modification of the IWT in view of Islamabads intransigence to comply with the dispute redressal mechanism of the pact that was signed more than six decades ago for matters relating to crossborder riversResponding to a query about the failure of a rogue nation read Pakistan which is a nuclear power and also an unfortunate neighbour Jaishankar said Like Pandavas could not choose their relatives India also cannot choose its neighboursHe also said counties in the south and the developing world are feeling the pain and India must stand for them while most of the developed nations are looking only at their concernsJaishankar said that is why Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided that we India must take this responsibilityThe EAM said his book aimed to get people to associate with the nations foreign policy and not just listen to the mandarins a term generally used for powerful bureaucratsHe also spoke on China and the challenges the country faces with the ambitious northern neighbour as well as Indias ties with Japan and its role in the IndoPacificThere are eight chapters in the book I wanted people to be associated with the countrys foreign policy I want to involve people from other states as well not just Delhi I have written this book in simple language and it is an easy read he saidHe said China is Indias only neighbour which is a global power and may become a superpower in the years to comeIt is obvious there are challenges when we have such a neighbour How to manage China is one chapter in my book I have also written about how Japan will benefit us After Partition the nation faced limits but now our influence is right up to the Pacific Ocean he saidJaishankar also touched on the topic of terrorism saying no nation has suffered from the menace as much as India due to the neighbour we have an apparent reference to PakistanUnderlining Indias robust stand against terrorism now he cited the surgical strikes after attacks in Pulwama and Uri and called them decisive actionThis story has been sourced from a third 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