Budget session: Prime Minister Narendra Modi used a book by a former CIA agent to focus on the Congrestment Party and her leaders, including Jawaharlal Nehru and Rahul Gandhi, about foreign policy.
“I would like to tell such people that if they are really interested in foreign policy and want to understand foreign policy and want to do something in the future, I would tell such people to certainly read a book. The name of the book is JFK's forgotten crisis“Said Modi and answered to the motion of the president's address in the Lok Sabha.
The prime minister said that this book also describes the discussions and decisions between the first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Nehru, and then President John F Kennedy. “When the country was confronted with many challenges, the game is revealed by this book on the basis of foreign policy,” Modi said.
By using the reference of the book, Modi focused on both Rahul Gandhi and Nehru on foreign policy. Gandhi had wondered on Monday why Modi was not invited to attend the inauguration of US President Donald Trump on January 20. Gandhi, speaking in the Lok Sabha, said that if there had been a robust system, the Minister of Foreign Affairs would not have left the US to 'seek' invitations to the prime minister who cause a political row.
CIA -Official Bruce Riedel
Titled 'JFK's forgotten crisis: Tibet, the CIA and the Sino-Indian War, “ The book, with Nehru and JFK on the cover, by former CIA officer Bruce Riedel, had first shot in the spotlight at the time of the release in 2015 for his reference to Nehru. The veteran of the congress had sought American help and then asked President Kennedy to offer India Jet Fighters to stop the Chinese tide of aggression during the India-China war in 1962, according to the book.
The book is often cited by BJP supporters who mention the meaning of the book and say that “Nehru was more interested in talking to Jackie (JFK's wife) than (president) Kennedy …”
“The cases of 'JFK's Forgotten Crisis: Tibet, the CIA and the Sino-Indian War' by Bruce Riedel, with regard to Jawaharlal Nehru that Prime Minister Narendra Modi just in the Lok Sabha,” Kanchan Gupta, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Information & Information & Broadcasting, India, said in a post on X.
Nehru was more interested in talking to Jackie (JFK's wife) than (president) Kennedy.
Union Budget 2025 session of parliament, which started with President Droupadi Murmu who speeches both houses of the Parliament on January 31, will continue until 13 February in the first stage. The session will meet again on 10 March and continue until 4 April. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2025 on 1 February.