URL copied No discrimination; govt providing free food, depositing money into bank accounts of 40 cr: Jaishankar External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that there is "a political effort" to depict the current government in India in a certain way and there is a difference between the political imagery that has been "concocted" and actually the governance record out there. During a conversation with former US National Security Advisor General HR McMaster in âBattlegroundsâ session on 'India: Opportunities And Challenges For A Strategic Partnershipâ presented by the Hoover Institution, Jaishankar on Wednesday also said that India is going through âa very stressful time" right now because of the pandemic.