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India can ‘never turn eyes away from racism’, says Jaishankar on Oxford University row
Last month, Rashmi Samant resigned as the president of the Oxford University student union after controversy on her old social media posts. Updated Mar 24, 2021 · 11:50 am Former Oxford University Student Union President Rashmi Samant. | Rashmi Samant/Twitter
Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told Parliament on Monday that India can “never turn eyes away from racism” and will “champion the fight” against it, the
Hindustan Times reported.
Jaishankar’s response came after Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Sabha MP Ashwini Vaishnaw alleged in the Rajya Sabha that Rashmi Samant, an Indian student who quit from the post of the Oxford University student union president, was forced to do so as she was cyber bullied.
Updated Mar 15, 2021 · 07:46 pm A file photo of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. | Joshua Roberts/Reuters
Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar on Monday dismissed reports that India is facing democratic backsliding at the hands of the Narendra Modi government, saying that the country does not need approval or tedious moral lectures from a “set of self-appointed custodians of the world”.
The Bharatiya Janata Party leader’s remarks came amid concerns raised by international organisations about the steady subversion of democracy and erosion of civil rights in India under Modi’s regime.
“You use the dichotomy of democracy and autocracy.You want the truthful answer, it is hypocrisy,” Jaishankar said when asked to comment at the India Today conclave on what effect the reports might have on India’s image internationally.
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Speaking at a high-level segment of the 46th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar asserted, "Terrorism continues to be one of the gravest threats to humankind." Jaishankar also said, "Terrorism can never be justified. It is a crime against humanity and violates the most fundamental human right the Right to Life."