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Jaishankar slams Western media coverage of Indian Elections
Updated On: 15 May, 2024 01:26 PM IST | Kolkata | mid-day online correspondent
The EAM was speaking at an interaction after the launch of the Bangla edition of his book `Why Bharat Matters` in Kolkata on Tuesday.
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S Jaishankar. Pic/Shadab Khan
Slamming the Western media over the "negative" coverage of Indian elections, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that the countries which "have to go to court for deciding election results" are giving "gyan" on conducting polls, reported ANI. Taking a swipe, he said the Western countries "feel" they have influenced the world for the last 200 years, so they are not able to give up their "old habits so easily." The EAM was speaking at an interaction after the launch of the Bangla edition of his book `Why Bharat Matters` in Kolkata on Tuesday.
"They (Western countries) do want to influence us because many of these countries feel that they have influenced this world for the last 70-80 years...Western countries actually feel that they influenced the world for the last 200 years. How do you expect for someone who has been in that position to give up those old habits so easily," the EAM said at the event, as per the report.
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