Taking a strong stand on Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's speech in Parliament, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday summoned Simon Wong, High Commissioner of Singapore to Delhi.
The English newspaper The Hindu, citing Indian government sources, has written that India has described Lee Hsien Loong's statement as "unnecessary" and "unacceptable".
In his statement, Singapore's Prime Minister Loong criticized the current weakening of "Nehru's India", and referred to "criminal allegations" against Indian lawmakers.
Prime Minister Loong was delivering a speech on February 15 in Singapore's parliament on a report of the Committee of Privileges, the newspaper writes, on an investigation into allegations of lying by members of the country's largest opposition party, the Workers' Party. . While speaking on this report, PM Loong gave the example of the elected politicians in India and Israel at present, giving the example of the decline in political integrity. He even referred to Britain's "Party Gate" scandal.
In his speech, Prime Minister Loong said, "Nehru's India has become such where, according to media reports, almost half of the MPs in the Lok Sabha have criminal charges, including rape and murder. However, it is also said that most of these cases are politically motivated.
He also said that it is important that we stop Singapore from going down that path.
The Singapore Prime Minister's remarks have triggered controversy amid the long-standing friendly relations between the two countries.
At the start of the speech, Prime Minister Lee praised former Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru and former Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion for the freedom struggles fought for their countries, but also said that later generations of politicians It has continuously worked to bring down the moral values.
He said that "leaders who fight and win for freedom are often extraordinary individuals with great courage, immense culture and outstanding ability, they emerge from fire-like situations and emerge as leaders of the common people." Like- David Ben-Gurion, Jawaharlal Nehru, and many of our leaders. ,
After discussing the findings of the committee's report, a vote was held in Singapore's parliament to fix the penalty amount for three Workers' Party leaders, in which three people, including Rais Khan of the Workers' Party, were found guilty of lying and those He was fined about 26,000 US dollars. At the same time, criminal action can also be taken against Workers Party President Pritam Singh and Vice President Faisal Manap for their involvement in this.
According to the newspaper, Lee did not cite any specific sources for his claim about Indian lawmakers, but he is believed to have said this based on a 2019 report by the Association of Democratic Reforms, which found that Out of 539 candidates who won the general elections, 233 MPs have criminal charges.
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