For Modi standoff was event, Chinese still in Doklam: Rahul
London, Aug 24 : Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he views the Doklam issue as an event and added that Chinese presence is still there.
Gandhi was speaking at an event in London in the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS).
"I don't have the details of Doklam, so I can't answer how I would've handled it differently. What I can tell you is that Doklam is not an unrelated episode, it's not a one off, it is not a border issue, it is a strategic issue.
"It is a part of a sequence of events and Doklam was a crisis that happened because the government is episodic," he added.
Gandhi further said: "...the government and the PM view things very much from an event's perspective. I view Doklam as a process, a point in the process. The PM views Doklam as an event."
He said: "So I would look at the process and I would tackle the process and I am pretty confident that Doklam wouldn't have happened...because you could've stopped Doklam if you were carefully watching the process."
"The Chinese have withdrawn from the point of contact, they've withdrawn from where the altercation happened. (But) The truth is the Chinese are still in Doklam," he added.
Talking about what India can learn from China, Gandhi said: "Looking at the mobility in India, how do you transform air travel in India, how do open up the air space, that's one thing India can learn from China.
"The other thing India can learn from China is decentralisation. In China, local governments run the system. In India, the PMO runs the system," he added.
"Let me tell you, today the PMO and CMO have veto all the way down. They have no business having that power, that power should be with the local government," he added.
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Austrian police detain suspect in case of rat poison found in baby food jars on supermarket shelves
Vienna (AP): Police in eastern Austria say a 39-year-old suspect has been arrested after rat poison turned up in some HiPP baby food jars on supermarket shelves in central Europe.
HiPP, which recalled some of its baby food jars in Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic after the case came to light last month, said in a statement Saturday it was “greatly relieved” by the arrest, and would provide further updates as verified details come in.
The Burgenland State Criminal Police Office, under the direction of prosecutors, said a probe was launched after poison turned up in a baby food jar purchased at a supermarket in the city of Eisenstadt on April 18.
It said the suspect was being questioned, and that no further details would be immediately provided. The Burgenland public prosecutor's office has announced an investigation into suspected “intentional endangerment of the public.”
The Austrian Press Agency reported that an expert report on the toxicity of the poison was pending. A total of five tampered baby food jars were seized before they could be consumed, APA reported.
Authorities said previously they believe the tampering occurred in 190-gram (6.7-ounce) jars of baby food made with carrots and potatoes for 5-month-olds that were sold from SPAR supermarkets in Austria.
HiPP responded by recalling all of its baby food jars sold at SPAR supermarkets — which include SPAR, EUROSPAR, INTERSPAR and Maximarkt stores — in Austria as a precaution. Vendors in Slovakia and the Czech Republic also removed all of the brand's baby jars from sale.
The company said the recall was not due to any product or quality defect on its part, and said the jars left its facility in “perfect condition.”
Police said a customer at the time of the discovery had reported that a jar appeared to have been tampered with, but no one had consumed the baby food.
