According to EAM Jaishankar, the UPA government chose not to use force after the assaults in Mumbai due to financial concerns

According to EAM Jaishankar, the UPA government chose not to use force after the assaults in Mumbai due to financial concerns

Identifying India as a representative of the roughly 125 countries that make up the "Global South," he said that these nations look to India to champion their interests and views globally.

We speak for the roughly 125 nations that make up the Global South. He said that these nations have faith in India to champion their interests and global standing.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday that the previous UPA administration chose "not to do anything" in response to the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks on the grounds that "it would cost more to attack Pakistan than not attacking it."

Identifying India as a representative of the roughly 125 countries that make up the "Global South," he said that these nations look to India to champion their interests and views throughout the globe.

Speaking to an audience at a lecture titled "Foreign Policy the India Way: From Diffidence to Confidence," the minister said that the nation owed it to some nations that had been colonized but were unable to recover and rebuild as rapidly as India.

We represent the voice of the Global South, which comprises over 125 nations worldwide. According to him, these nations have faith in India to uphold their causes and global standing. He said that although maintaining a public stance is important, building infrastructure, bolstering the armed forces, and establishing a system that can react quickly to any border danger are all essential to safeguarding India's borders.

He alluded to the former UPA administration as the "defensive era," during which terrorism was tolerated.He alluded to the former UPA administration as the "defensive era," during which terrorism was tolerated."We sat, we debated," the national security adviser of the former UPA administration wrote after the attacks in Mumbai. We thought of everything. We then chose to take no action. He said, "I leave you to judge. We decided to do nothing because we felt the cost of attacking Pakistan was more in comparison to the cost of not attacking Pakistan."