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“I will divide the term ‘new normal’. One was ‘Congress’ normal’ and one is ‘Modi normal’,” EAM S Jaishankar said in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday
Eam s jaishankar (left) and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (PTI/File)
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, during a discussion on Operation Sindoor in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, lashed out at Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, drawing a comparison between “Congress normal” and “Modi normal”.
“I will divide the term ‘new normal’. One was ‘Congress’ normal’ and one is ‘Modi normal’,” the EAM said.
Jaishankar said: “Let me tell you what has changed in the last decade. We have been able to put terrorism in every global agenda. Today, if terrorism is on the global agenda, it is due to the efforts of the Modi government. We were able to get Masood Azhar and Abdul Rehman Makki, two notorious terrorists placed under the sanctioned of the UN Security Council. Some years ago, we were member of the security council, we were able to hold a security council meeting at the venue of terrorism attack at the Taj Hotel in Mumbai. That even had a huge impact… We were able, through bilateral agreements and understandings, bring back terrorists from key country, who have been sent back to India. I remind you that Tahawwur Hussain Rana, who was wanted for 26/11 Mumbai attack, has finally been brought back to India by the Modi government.”
What Rahul Gandhi had said
While his speech in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, Gandhi had taken potshots at EAM Jaishankar’s claims of the international community condemning the Pahalgam terror attack. “There is a new thing these days – new normal. The External Affairs minister uses it often. The external affairs minister said that many countries condemned terrorism. It is absolutely right. What the minister has not said is that not a single country has condemned Pakistan,” said Gandhi. “This External Affairs Minister amazes me. He says we have deterred Pakistan. Have you? The man behind Pahalgam is a man called Asim Munir, and he is sitting in the White House, having lunch with the US President. What are we doing?”
How EAM Jaishankar defined new normal in Lok Sabha
During his speech in the Lok Sabha, Jaishankar had said, “The challenge of cross-border terrorism continues but Operation Sindoor marks a new phase. There is now a new normal. The new normal has five points: One, terrorists will not be treated as proxies; two, cross-border terrorism will get an appropriate response; three, terror and talks are not possible together. There will only be talks on terror; four, Not yielding to nuclear blackmail; and finally, Terror and good neighbourliness cannot coexist. Blood and water cannot flow together.”
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