Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: In a befitting reply to Canada National Security Advisor Jody Thomas’ remarks on calling India among the top sources of foreign interference in Canada, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on June 8 used the famous idiom “the pot calling the kettle black” adding that if anybody has to complain, it should be India.
“I was….what shall I say, the phrase which came to my mind was actually a hindi phrase which was…”Ulta chor kotwal ko daantey..” (the pot calling the kettle black).
Responding to a media query, the EAM further said, ” If anybody has a complaint… we have a complaint about Canada, You know what I said earlier, the space that they are giving to Khalistanis and to violent extremes. So I was very perplexed” he said.
Notably, Canada’s NSA Thomas stated that India is among the top sources of foreign interference in Canada. what I heard.” “When I talk about foreign interference and economic security, I’m now talking about a number of state actors and non-state proxies.
“This includes Russia, Iran, and India. That said, the actor that comes up most on these issues, and it’s no surprise to anybody, is China,” Jody Thomas was quoted as saying in The Toronto Star.
