Irresponsible and regrettable: MEA slams Punjab CM's mocking remarks over PM Modi's foreign trips
PTC News Desk: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday strongly lamented the remarks made by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann over PM Modi's 5-nation foreign visit calling them “irresponsible and regrettable”.
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal without naming Mann said, "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.”
Recently Punjab CM made a scathing attack on PM Modi's frequent foreign trips while mocking the countries and their relevance. Mann's remark came after PM Modi's latest five-nation tour to Ghana, Trinidad & Tobago, Argentina, Brazil, and Namibia.
“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’,” Mann said at a public event, using made-up names to ridicule the visits.
“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!” he added.
- PTC NEWS
