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India dismisses controversy over Jaishankar's remarks on Buddha

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Written by Yubaraj Ghimire | Kathmandu | Published: August 10, 2020 12:30:39 am

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. (File) A day after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar described Buddha as one of the two greatest “Indians”, along with Mahatma Gandhi, the remark stirred a diplomatic controversy in Nepal.

Leaders from the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) and the opposition Nepali Congress expressed anguish over Jaishankar’s statement who said on Saturday that Buddha and Mahatma Gandhi were the two greatest Indians.

“Who are the two greatest Indians ever that you can remember. I would say, one is Gautam Buddha, and the other is Mahatma Gandhi. Not just the greatest Indians that you and I, as Indians remember. But the greatest Indians that the world remembers,” Jaishankar had said during a webinar on Saturday.