TNN | Updated: Oct 22, 2019, 4: 38 IST
Foreign minister S Jaishankar (AFP)
NEW DELHI: The presence ofArticle 370in Kashmir had “raised the cost of business and narrowed its scope”, foreign minister SJaishankartold a group of Indian and American business leaders here on Monday.
Jaishankar said that it had been easier to explain to foreign governments about the August 5 decision than the “liberal media”. “I think it was a more difficult challenge with the media, especially the English-speaking liberal media. Partly they were ideological about it, preset views about it. they didn’t absorb or present a fair picture. ”
Communicating to his interlocutors on the reasons for removing Article 370, he said, “I found a lot of people were surprised by the information that the particular provision of the Constitution was a temporary one, because the media does not say that. ”
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