New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday reacted sharply and strongly over a political statement made by Punjab Chief Minister Mr Bhagwant Mann with regard to Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi’s recent five nation tour.Making both personal and political attack on PM, Mr Mann said, “PM has gone somewhere. I think it is Ghana. He is going to be back and he is welcome. God knows which countries he keeps visiting, ‘Magnesia’, ‘Galveaisa’, ‘Tarvesia’. He does not stay in a country with 140 crore people. He is visiting countries where the population is 10,000 and he is getting the ‘highest awards’ there. Here, 10,000 people gather to watch a JCB… What has he gotten himself into!…” Since Mr Mann mentioned names of countries PM visited and commented over the honour he got there, MEA had to intervene and say Indian government disassociates itself from such comments. “We have seen some comments made by a high state authority about India’s relations with friendly countries from the Global South. These remarks are irresponsible and regrettable and do not behove the state authority. Government of India disassociates itself from such unwarranted comments that undermine India’s ties with friendly countries,” MEA spokesperson Mr Randhir Jaiswal said.
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