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Lessons of fiscal prudence, not having culture of freebies to be drawn: Jaishankar at all-party meet on Sri Lanka

NEW DELHI: The government told an all-party meeting on Tuesday that India is naturally worried over the Sri Lankan crisis and there are "very strong" lessons of fiscal prudence, responsible governance and not having "a culture of freebies" to be drawn from it.

At the meeting attended by the representatives of 28 political parties, including those from the Congress, the Left parties and the DMK, external affairs minister S Jaishankar, however, dismissed suggestions about such a situation arising in India.

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