EAM Jaishankarwho gave a speech indian diaspora A similar question was raised in the United States on Friday by a flight attendant who was annoyed by a delayed flight. justicereferring to the month since a trainee doctor was raped at a government hospital in Kolkata.
Replying to the question, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar condemned violence against women in the recent rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Hospital and said “there is not a single person in the country who is not outraged by this incident”.
“I don’t think there’s a person in this country who isn’t outraged by what’s happened. You can see it on the streets. The fact is, women’s safety and crimes against women are a serious problem in our country and can be problems in other countries as well. ,” Jaishankar said in Geneva.
EAM also quoted Prime Minister Modi’s speech on women’s safety on Independence Day. “I am reminded of something Prime Minister Modi once said at the Red Fort. He said that all of us say something to our daughters when they go out late at night, but do we do the same to our sons?
EAM also avoided talking about the political nature of the issue in foreign soil, saying “I do not want to have any political discussion on this issue abroad.”
EAM Jaishankar made these comments while addressing the Indian diaspora in Geneva. He arrived in Switzerland on Thursday, concluding a three-country tour that also included visits to Germany and Saudi Arabia.
