Indian Minister of External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj, arrives in Kathmandu, on Thursday, February 1, 2018.
Kathmandu, May 29
Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs Sushma Swaraj has apologised for calling people of Janakpur who came to Barha Bigha to listen to Prime Minister Modi’s speech recently as ‘Indians’.
“This was a mistake on my part. I sincerely apologise for this,” tweeted Swaraj .
Swaraj had termed the people of Janakpur as ‘Indians’ while speaking at a press conference organised at the Indian Foreign Ministry Office on Monday.
“No Indian Prime Minister has ever been able to connect to the Indian nations in such wide range. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been able to directly connect with millions and millions of Indians residing.. from Madison of the United States to Janakpur,” Swaraj had said in the address.
The Indian Foreign Minister, however, did not speak about the relation with Nepal, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s India visit and the visit of Modi to Nepal. The Indian Prime Minister, during his recent visit to Nepal, had received a civic-felicitation from Nepalis of Province 2 amid a programme in Janakpur of Dhanusha district.
