Life is not khata-khat: S Jaishankar's veiled dig at Rahul Gandhi in Geneva

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, in an apparent swipe at Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi, has said that life was not "khata-khat" (an easy job), and it required hard work and diligence..

Rahul Gandhi had repeatedly used the "khata-khat" phrase during the Lok Sabha elections while promising swift transfer of money into the accounts of women if Congress was voted to power...

Jaishankar made the remark while he was speaking on the infrastructural development undertaken by the Narendra Modi-led government at an event in Switzerland's Geneva...

Addressing the Indian community, Jaishankar said, "Until you build infrastructure and human resources, have those policies in place, it is hard work..

Nobody can develop technology without developing manufacturing," Jaishankar said.. Recently, Rahul Gandhi, during an interaction with students at the University of Texas, said China's dominance in global manufacturing had shielded it from an unemployment crisis, which plagues India and most Western countries...

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