Agencies
New Delhi, Apr 2: Breaking silence on repeated attempts of Khalistani groups to disrespect national flags in different parts of thw world, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday give a strong message to those indulged into vandalization of the Tricolour on the direction of Pakistan.
“India will not accept its national flag being pulled down”, S Jaishankar said while interacting with intellectuals in Karnataka.
“The days when India would have taken this lightly are behind us and this is not the India that will accept its national flag being pulled down by somebody,” Jaishankar asserted. “It is a message not only to those so-called Khalistanis but also to the British, saying this is my flag and I will make it even bigger if somebody tries to disrespect it,” the External Affairs Minister said during the interaction. Answering a question on separatist Khalistani movements in different parts of the world, and on the measures India will take, Jaishankar said, “We have seen in the last few days some such incidents in London, Canada, Australia, San Francisco. There is a very small minority, with different interests, some interests are of neighbors, some interests are of people who try to use it for visas and for personal interest.”.
“They try to project this for their advantage and there are others who do not frankly wish India well,” he added.
Jaishankar also said, “The point here is that when we established embassies abroad when our diplomats are performing their task, we are very clear that it is the obligation of the country where these embassies are, where these diplomats are to provide security. After all, we provide security for so many foreign embassies”. |
