Amid pro-Palestine protests at US universities, triggering mass arrests, India on Thursday waded into the issue by saying that “we are all judged by what we do at home and not what we say abroad”.
“We have seen reports on the matter and have been following related events. In every democracy, there has to be the right balance between freedom of expression, sense of responsibility and public safety and order,” Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said while responding to questions on protests at Columbia University and Universities in the US.
“Democracies in particular should display this understanding in regard to other fellow democracies. After all, we are all judged by what we do at home and not what we say abroad,” he further said, at the weekly briefing.
Massive protests have erupted at the Columbia University and other varsities in the US with the students demanding their schools to stop doing business with Israel.
The MEA also rejected the latest US State Department report on Human Rights as deeply biased. “This report is deeply biased and reflects a poor understanding of India. We attach no value to it and urge you to do the same,” Jaiswal said.
