After Rahul Gandhi advised the External affairs minister on China, this is how Dr. S Jaishankar responded in parliament...
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00:00Those who took 2000 sq km of India, those who martyred 20 soldiers of India who are beating our soldiers in Arunachal Pradesh.
00:13They do not deserve to have the word Pitaay. The word Pitaay should not be used for our soldiers.
00:19Our soldiers are standing their ground, so they should be respected.
00:23I have heard sometimes that my own understanding needs to be deepened. When I see who is giving the advice, I can only bow in respect.
00:53You know, before I came to this press conference, I was having lunch with my friend here and I said to him that I bet you that the press will not ask me a question on China.
01:21I said, I bet you that the press will ask me all the questions.
01:28They will ask me all the questions. But they will not ask me a single question on China.
01:40Those who took 2000 sq km of India, those who martyred 20 soldiers of India who are beating our soldiers in Arunachal Pradesh.
01:53I said, I bet you that the press will not ask me a question on China.
02:23This is a public order of the press conference. You cannot meet in the parliament. You are in Bharat Jodo Yatra. Your party is raising this issue in the house.
02:31But the government is saying that no one can take even an inch of our land.
02:35Despite this, such incidents are happening. Do you think there is a need to change the approach?
02:40As far as I can see, the threat posed by China, and I have been saying this for the past 2-3 years, is absolutely clear.
02:54And the government is trying to hide it. The government is ignoring it.
03:00But that threat cannot be hidden or ignored.
03:07Their entire preparation is going on. Their entire offensive preparation is going on on Ladakh and Arunachal side.
03:20The government of India is sleeping. The government of India does not want to hear this.
03:29But their preparation is going on. And the preparation is for war.
03:37Preparation is not for incursion. Preparation is for war.
03:44If anyone understands these things, if you look at their weapon pattern, what are they doing there?
03:54They are preparing for war. And our government is hiding this.
04:00And is not being able to accept this.
04:05The government of India works based on events.
04:10The government of India does not work strategically.
04:14It works based on events. They think, do an event here.
04:19Do another event here.
04:21But when it comes to international relations, geo-strategy, events do not work there.
04:29Power works there.
04:31So I have said 3-4 times that we should be careful.
04:37We should understand what is happening.
04:40Their statements keep coming.
04:44I see that the external affairs minister keeps saying.
04:48Should not say. But maybe they should deepen their understanding.
05:03The honourable member also suggested government is indifferent, he used the word, indifferent to China.
05:10So I want to say something, sir.
05:12If we were indifferent to China, who sent the Indian army to the borders?
05:16If we were indifferent to China, why are we today pressing China on disengagement and de-escalation?
05:26Why are we saying publicly that our ties are not normal?
05:30Sir, we have no problem if there is political differences, if there is even political criticism.
05:36I have heard sometimes that my own understanding needs to be deepened.
05:40When I see who is giving the advice, I can only bow in respect.
05:44But I think we should not directly or indirectly criticize our jawans.
05:52When our jawans are standing in Yangtze at 13,000 feet.
06:04At 13,000 feet they are standing there defending our borders.
06:08They do not deserve to have the word pitai.
06:12The word pitai should not be used for our jawans.
06:15Sir, our jawans are standing their ground.
06:18So they should be respected, they should be honoured, they should be appreciated.
06:22This is not something which is appropriate.