IIOJK: Tough questions from journalists regarding absence of China, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Indonesia, Egypt and other such countries from much-publicized G20 meeting in Srinagar baffled Indian minister Jitendra Singh, who is attached to the Indian Prime Minister’s Office.
journalists’ questions on the absence of the above-said nations and the issues related to human rights situation and the lack of political space in the territory prompted the Indian minister to angrily query their “mindset”.
Naveed Iqbal, a local journalist who works for The Indian Express, had asked at the evening news conference that if such international events were possible in Kashmir, why not a political process.
“I have been part of the media for quite some time; I think this question is motivated by the mindset which was haunting the earlier friend,” Indian minister Jitendra Singh said.
The minister got into an argument with a French journalist who questioned the “very high security” and closure of schools for the meeting, eventually asking him not to frighten the delegates by questioning the security.
