Search Home / India / Political efforts being made to portray Indian government in a certain way, says Jaishankar Political efforts being made to portray Indian government in a certain way, says Jaishankar ‘We are actually giving free food, have put money into the bank accounts of 400 million people’ 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 Battlegrounds' session on 'India: Opportunities And Challenges For A Strategic Partnership' presented by the Hoover Institution, Jaishankar on Wednesday also said that India is going through a very stressful time" right now because of the pandemic.