‘Tight slap of democracy’: Sushma says Mamata ‘crossed all limits’

Hours after West Bengal Mamata Banerjee said she would like to administer a “tight slap of democracy” on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, foreign minister Sushma Swaraj cautioned that such words would not bode well on a future when the two will have to cooperate. Read More
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Sushma: ‘No Pakistani soldier or civilian died’ in Balakot air strike

External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said no Pakistani soldier or civilian died in the air strike carried out by the Indian Air Force on a terror camp at Balakot in Pakistan, in February. Read More
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Sushma to Mulayam on Azam’s remark: ‘Draupadi being disrobed’

Sushma Swaraj also urged Mulayam Singh Yadav “not to stay silent like Bhishma” over Azam Khan’s purportedly derogatory remarks against Jaya Prada. She tagged Akhilesh Yadav’s wife Dimple Yadav and Jaya Bhaduri Bachchan in her post too. Read More
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Swaraj over Azhar ban fail: ‘India was alone in 2009, not now’

Sushma Swaraj said those who term China’s blocking of banning Jaish chief Masood Azhar at the UNSC a “diplomatic failure” must realize that India was alone in 2009 when the move was first made under the Congress-led UPA rule, but it has worldwide support now. Read More
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Swaraj: ‘IAF went to kill terrorists, not bring their bodies back’

In the wake of her party colleagues giving out figures as well as denying the same and the opposition questioning the success of the IAF mission, the senior BJP leader said the Air Force went Pakistan to kill terrorists and not to bring their bodies back. Read More
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Swaraj at OIC meeting: ‘States which sponsor terror must stop’

The external affairs minister, Sushma Swaraj, who attended the Organization of Islamic Coperation foreign ministers’ meeting, in Abhu Dhabi, on Friday, underlined there that the fight against terrorism is not a confrontation against any religion. Read More
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Rajnath Singh says ‘we will launch decisive fight against terror’

Union home minister Rajnath Singh said that the Centre has resolved to launch a decisive fight against terrorism in the country and root it out, after the Pulwama terror attack happened earlier in February, in which over 40 CRPF personal were killed. Read More
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In China, Swaraj says ‘don’t want escalation’ of India-Pak hostilities

Just a day after India conducted air strikes in Pakistan’s Balakot, the external affairs minister, Sushma Swaraj, on Wednesday, said the objective of this mission was to act against a terror camp and that India doesn’t wish to see any “further escalation”. Read More
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Anand Sharma says OIC invitation to India is ‘misplaced euphoria’

Anand Sharma, who is a senior Congress spokesman, has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Swaraj to respect the past position of India of not attending meetings of the OIC until it is accepted as a full member, given the country’s large Muslim population. Read More
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Swaraj says ‘Modi didn’t want me to cancel my Morocco trip’

The external affairs minister, Sushma Swaraj, on Sunday, mentioned that she came very close to cancelling her visit to Morocco Read More
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