He was speaking to Indian reporters in Beijing after attending an international conference on climate change. The ministries in question are headed by Congress stalwarts P Chidambaram and AK Antony, respectively.
“Both the prime minister and the national security advisor (NSA) were gung-ho about preserving the Copenhagen spirit of friendship with China, but it was the home ministry that put up roadblocks with its suspicious attitude," Ramesh told reporters.
While ministers sniping at one another and turf war between government departments are fairly common in India, what has come as shock to many
in the establishment is that the minister was speaking against the government which he represented in the conference on “foreign soil".
Analysts say Ramesh's frank talk is “inappropriate" for a member of the council of ministers and reminiscent of former junior minister Shashi Tharoor's style of functioning.
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