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“Read ‘JFK’s Forgotten Crisis’…”: PM Modi’s ‘Homework’ For Opposition MPs


New Delhi:

Lok Sabha MPs on Tuesday obtained an addition to any studying record they could have after Prime Minister Narendra Modi advisable they learn ‘JFK’s Forgotten Crisis‘, US international coverage skilled Bruce Reidel’s e-book 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 Social gathering chief Akhilesh Yadav earlier at this time.

The e-book, he declared, revealed “what video games” Mr Nehru had performed with the nation’s safety.

“If somebody is admittedly considering international coverage… they need to learn ‘JFK’s Forgotten Disaster’,” Mr Modi mentioned throughout his speech on the Motion of Thanks to President Droupadi Murmu’s handle final week.

“This e-book was written by a international 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 e-book particulars what video games had been performed within the identify of international coverage…”

The advice, although, was questioned by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.

“I couldn’t perceive why the Prime Minister talked about this e-book… what did it should do with the dialogue on the President’s speech?” a puzzled Mr Tharoor instructed NDTV.

“I learn Riedel’s e-book seven years in the past. It mentioned that when there was a struggle between India and China, in 1962, the US  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 studies 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 rapid 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 Social gathering and the Congress, his Bharatiya Janata Social gathering’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 ‘remove poverty’, slogan, arguing the celebration had did not ship on its promise regardless of many years 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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