Foreign minister S Jaishankar (AFP)

NEW DELHI: The presence of Article 370 in Kashmir had “raised the cost of business and narrowed its scope”, foreign minister S Jaishankar told a group of Indian and American business leaders here on Monday.

Jaishankar said that it had been easier to explain to foreign governments about the August 5 decision than the “liberal media”. “I think it was a more difficult challenge with the media, especially the English-speaking liberal media. Partly they were ideological about it, preset views about it. they didn’t absorb or present a fair picture.”

Communicating to his interlocutors on the reasons for removing Article 370, he said, “I found a lot of people were surprised by the information that the particular provision of the Constitution was a temporary one, because the media does not say that.”



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