Mr @JeffBezos , please tell this to your employees in Washington DC. Otherwise your charm offensive is likely to be… https://t.co/YyZpUY7PBB — Dr Vijay Chauthaiwale (@vijai63) 1579171599000

NEW DELHI: On the day commerce minister Piyush Goyal made light of Jeff Bezos’s offer to invest $1 billion in India, a prominent BJP functionary chose to make plain the saffron establishment’s displeasure with Washington Post, the influential US daily owned by the Amazon boss.“Mr Jeff Bezos, please tell this to your employees in Washington DC. Otherwise, your charm offensive is likely to be a waste of money,” tweeted Vijay Chauthaiwale , head of BJP’s foreign cell.The tweet reflected the indignation of the government and BJP over what they called the “relentless hostility” the Modi government had faced from Washington Post and other “liberal” foreign media outlets since the revocation of J&K’s special status in August.When approached, Chauthaiwale made no bones of his displeasure with Washington Post, but maintained that it would have no bearing on how the government deals with Amazon. “I am not against Amazon. In fact, I am a regular customer of Amazon. But I am certainly against the one-sided, biased, agenda-driven anti-Modi editorial position of Washington Post,” he said.He also said he wanted to highlight the huge chasm between Bezos’s praise for India as a vibrant democracy and the dark portrayal of the country on the pages of Washington Post.