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Sujatha Singh, a bright diplomat, could not keep pace with PM Modi's foreign policy vision
NEW DELHI: Sujatha Singh, who was sacked as Foreign Secretary, is a bright diplomat in her own right, but simply could not keep pace with Prime MinisterNarendra Modi's foreign policy vision with out of box ideas particularly with regard to neighbourhood and big powers.
Adept at handling crisis situation like Indian student trouble in Australia in 2010 and lately Devyani Khobragade case, Singh was not forward looking enough to shape a big picture desired by Modi, sources, who did not wish to be identified told ET. A 1976-batch-IFS Sujatha Singh resigned from service after an order was issued to remove her and wrote there that she has sought voluntary retirement from service.
Known as a hard-working diplomat, Singh's forte was Europe having handled Europe division in MEA and later as Ambassador in Germany. However, sources claimed she probably did not live up to expectations of the PM in shaping India's strategic vision of a powerful country that would negotiate from a position of strength and explore new areas of cooperation be it near abroad or far abroad.
Even as she was appointed with intervention of Congresspresident Sonia Gandhiin 2013, overruling the PM, on the basis of seni
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S. Jaishankar
Indian diplomatist and statesman (born 1955)
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Had no hint PM was unhappy with me, says ex-foreign secretary Sujatha Singh
However, she admitted the atmosphere was “fraught and unsettled.”
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Since the time the NDA government took office, Singh said, she had been expecting to be removed, acknowledging a number of rumours about how she would be one of the first secretaries to be removed.Therefore, when she was eased out, it was no surprise to her, Singh claimed.
Refuting a report in TOI that certain policies pursued by the MEA under her stewardship contributed to the PM’s decision to replace her, Singh said it was “completely untrue”. She defended her actions, and said she stood by every one of them. The TOI report said it was on issues like Israel, Denmark and Japan that the PM’s office had been unhappy with her.
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Singh said the firs