
On Western media reporting about India, EAM S Jaishankar says, "... I want to tell you, there is an international Khan market gang as well. These are people who are sort of linked to the entitled people out here. They are socially comfortable with them... So I think when the sales are down in the domestic Khan market, the international Khan market gang feels, I need to pep up these guys and give them support. And you can see that... A very clear attempt being made to influence the direction of Indian politics and the choices of the Indian voter. It peaks at election time, but it continues even after that. All these rankings that you get, what do you think they are? They are all an attempt to demoralize you, delegitimize you, to kind of shape that all these things are wrong with India because India is going to give them a result they don't like."