World News | Jaishankar Takes a Jibe at Rahul Gandhi over 'khata Khat'

Geneva, Sep 13 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said one needs to do hard work and that life is not 'khata khat,' in an apparent jibe at Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi.

Addressing the Indian community here, Jaishankar was describing the changed India and the infrastructure development that the Narendra Modi government had done during last 10 years when he made a veiled reference to the Congress leader's comment.

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Jaishankar spoke about the massive human resources needed to build infrastructure when he said, "Until we develop the human resources, it requires hard work, until you build the infrastructure, until you have those policies. So life is not 'khata-khat'. Life is hard work. Life is diligence."

"Anybody who's held a job and laboured at it, knows it. So that's my message to you, that we have to work hard at it," he said.

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Earlier in the year, during an election rally as part of his Lok Sabha campaign, Gandhi had promised that if his party won, they will transfer Rs 1 lakh to the account of one woman from every poor household in the country. He was speaking in Hindi and said the transfer will happen "khata khat", meaning immediately.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)