Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has mocked Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan for his austere trip to the United States (US) where he had initially planned to fly on a commercial flight instead of using a chartered plane, The Express Tribune reported.
Days after the premier “successfully” raised the Kashmir issue and Narendra Modi-led government’s atrocities in the occupied valley at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Singh has claimed that “lack of financial wisdom led the Pakistani government to a situation where their prime minister has to struggle to arrange for a plane to attend global events”.
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He ridiculed the austerity policies at a time when perhaps his own country needed it most amid the rising unemployment and economic slowdown with many global rating agencies painting a gloomy picture of India’s economy.
According to a Reuters report, India’s economy grew at its weakest pace since 2013 between April and June as consumer demand and government spending slowed amid global trade frictions.
Meanwhile, Prabhash K Dutta, an Indian journalist, urged the Indian leaders to learn from Premier Imran’s low-cost US visit instead of mocking him.
He wrote in the India Today, that it is far from the truth that PM Imran or the Pakistani government cannot afford a special aircraft for him, as falsely claimed by the defence minister in his statement.
This was the practice in Pakistan till the previous government. Premier Imran, after coming to power last year, has been calling for austerity in the government, he added.
