Singapore PM’s remarks on Indian MPs: MEA summons envoy

Friday, 18 February 2022newsdesk

Days after Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that almost half of the lawmakers in Lok Sabha have criminal charges pending against them and suggesting a decline in the country’s democratic polity from “Nehru’s India”, India on Thursday summoned Singapore’s High Commissioner Simon Wong and conveyed its displeasure.

New Delhi, 18 February 2022

As per news report of The Indian Express, Sources said the Ministry of External Affairs conveyed to Singapore’s envoy that the “remarks by the Prime Minister of Singapore were uncalled for”. Singapore is a key strategic partner for India, and there have been close ties between the top political leadership. While it is unusual for New Delhi to summon envoys from close strategic partners, it has been extremely sensitive about comments about India’s internal affairs. The PM of Singapore had invoked India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru while arguing how democracy should work in the city-state during a passionate debate in Parliament on Tuesday.

Source - The Indian Express