There are sometimes "things bigger than politics" when one steps outside the country, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on June 3, days after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi repeatedly attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government during his ongoing U.S. visit.
Addressing Indian Americans in Santa Clara in the U.S. earlier this week, Mr. Gandhi, a former Congress party president and an ex-MP, described Prime Minister Modi as a "specimen" and also attacked his government's policies on various fronts.
Speaking at a diaspora event in Cape Town after attending the meeting of BRICS Foreign Ministers, Mr. Jaishankar said that he can talk for himself and does not do politics while travelling abroad.