External affairs minister S Jaishankar heaped praises on PM Modi's leadership and diplomacy citing examples of Operation Ganga and Vande Bharat and said leaders, ideology and beliefs matter but the thinking that PM Modi represents will be a bigger part of the national thinking. "So hopefully there will not be any need to change it over a period of time," the foreign minister said interacting with students in Vadodara. He used to hold back-to-back rallies in the day and in the evening he used to take updates of the rescue operation," Jaishankar added. PM Modi talked to both Ukrainian president Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin and requested for a ceasefire when our students were being evacuated," the foreign minister said. There was huge pressure on India on the issue of oil, but India was sure to not buckle under any pressure, Jaishankar said.

Source: Hindustan Times October 02, 2022 17:51 UTC