NEW DELHI : A day after serious dialogue over a range of strategic and commercial issues, the politician in John Kerry came out when on Wednesday he took an indirect jibe at the city’s infrastructure amid downpour and simultaneously also made a strong pitch for the right to dissent in an address to students of the Indian Institute of Technology ( IIT ).US Secretary of State John Kerry who was earlier scheduled to reach IIT campus on around 0945 am on Wednesday reached an hour late due to in a traffic jam caused by heavy rain in Delhi. This was second experience that Kerry underwent within two days on the streets of Delhi. This reflected when Kerry remarked jokingly “Don’t know how you all got here. You must’ve needed boats.”But there was a message in this for the infrastructure in the capital of one of the world’s fastest growing economies. On Monday morning as he landed here from Dhaka Kerry was stuck in a massive hour long traffic jam on his way to the hotel from the airport.There was also a message when Kerry made a strong pitch for the right to dissent, saying, “We have to respect the rights of all our citizens irrespective of creed and allow them to protest in peace without fear that they will be jailed.”His comments come days after the US State department said it supported “the right to freedom of expression and assembly, including through civil society”, on sedition charges against rights watchdog Amnesty International over a Kashmir-related event in Bengaluru, where slogans of “Azadi” (freedom) were raised.The senior US official also advised India to move faster in two areas. India has to improve regulatory process and bureaucracy needs to be streamlined and effective, suggested Kerry. “It has to become a partner in making decisions, not an expert in setting up roadblocks,” noted the Secretary of State in what would reflect concerns expressed by US business houses here.But it was not just the Indian system that was indirectly pulled by Kerry. “You have to rely on good judgement of American people. Period,” Kerry said responding to a question regarding Donald Trump. “Polarisation anywhere is not good. It reflects intolerance and frustration.” The US official took several questions from the students.He recalled previous visits to India and said, “The India that I first encountered in the early 90s was already a regional leader... Now it is an established power with a footprint that affects the entire planet.”“India is blessed with being the fastest growing market in the world... By 2030, India will be the world’s most populous nation, with a rising middle class of half a billion people, and a huge reservoir of entrepreneurial ingenuity and talent,” he said at the IIT.Talking about Pak-based terror Kerry said, “It’s clear that there is work to be done for Pakistan to push harder against sanctuaries of terror.” Kerry credited PM Modi for extending an invitation to his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif for his oath-taking ceremony in 2014. “There have been communication (between India and Pakistan). That’s the way to begin the process,” he said.