He went on to say: “Jis Rashtrapati ki aap baat kar rahe hain, usko America hi nahi control kar paaya. Toh Bharat toh baatcheet kar hi raha hai (The President [Trump] you’re referring to, even America couldn’t control him. So of course, India is engaging in dialogue).” Without naming Trump, Rathore appeared to draw a contrast between India’s steady diplomatic engagement and America’s own internal challenges during the Trump presidency, which saw frequent and often sudden shifts in immigration policy. His remarks come amid outrage over the latest incident, which follows a spate of deportations of Indian nationals from the US. In February, there was an uproar over visuals of Indians being deported in handcuffs, with even their legs chained as they were being brought back in a US military aircraft. Jaishankar had at the time said that the use of restraints has been standard operating procedure by US authorities since 2012. Nearly 16,000 Indians have been deported from the US since 2009, for attempting to enter the North American country illegally, the external affairs minister had informed the Rajya Sabha then, adding that New Delhi is engaging with the US to ensure Indians deported are not “mistreated” in any manner by American authorities. (Edited by Gitanjali Das) Also Read: There’s an all-new N-word now. And India’s soft power has become its hard liability
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