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PM Modi tells Opposition to learn ‘JFK’s Forgotten Disaster’ in Lok Sabha


A day after Congress chief Rahul Gandhi stated Chinese language troops had been forcibly occupying Indian land — a comment the Authorities dismissed right now — Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggested Gandhi and the Opposition to learn “JFK’s Forgotten Disaster”, a guide by US international coverage professional Bruce Riedel.

Taking a veiled jibe at Gandhi, Modi, in his reply to the Movement of Because of President’s deal with, stated anybody inquisitive about international coverage should learn the guide.

“Some folks really feel they don’t look mature sufficient till they’ve spoken on international coverage even when it means harming the nation. I’ve a suggestion for such folks — in the event that they actually have curiosity in international coverage, they need to learn “JFK’s Forgotten Disaster”, Modi stated.

The PM added the guide mentions vital milestones within the lifetime of former US president John F Kennedy, together with his conferences and selections with India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

Within the chapter titled “Tibet, CIA and the Sino-Indian Battle”, the creator says, “The embassy had rented a villa for Mrs Kennedy to remain in however Nehru insisted that she keep in a visitor suite on the prime minister’s residence. It was the suite usually utilized by Edwina Mountbatten, the spouse of India’s final viceroy Lord Mountbatten, who had presided over the Partition. A frequent customer to India after Independence, Edwina and Nehru had been shut buddies if no more. Jackie was getting Nehru’s full consideration.”

The guide additionally notes, “Nehru who’s deeply in love and has an image of himself strolling with JBK (Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, the First Girl of the USA from 1961 to 1963) displayed all by itself in the primary entrance corridor of his home, is solely agreeable.”

It additional quotes Kennedy telling John Kenneth Galbraith, the then US Ambassador to India that the 1962 go to was “the worst state go to” of his presidency and likewise felt that Nehru appeared extra inquisitive about speaking with Jackie than with him.

“Based on one other account, Nehru was rather more inquisitive about Pat Kennedy, JFK’s enticing twenty-seven-year-old sister, than in both Jack or Bobby,” the guide provides.

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