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In 1998, after the Pokharan tests, India's High Commissioner to South Africa, Lakshmi Chand Jain openly opposed nuclear test conducted by Vajpayee govt.
Imagine an Ambassador opposing his own country.

In the photo, the old man is LC Jain. Who's the other?
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South Africa pushed its anti-India agenda in the Durban Summit, emboldened by the India's own Ambassador opposing India's nuclear tests.
It was Vajpayee's instant action & Brijesh Mishra's intelligence that reigned in South Africa.
Lakshmi Chand Jain was promptly called back.
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Jain defied the recall, and stayed till he was declared persona non grata by India. After returning to Delhi, he went to 10 Janpath.

In 2011, @INCIndia govt awarded Padma Vibhushan; India's second highest civilian award - to LC Jain for having gone against his own country.

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Do you know who his son (the guy in the photo) is?

NDTV's Srinivasan Jain, a known BJP-hater along with the likes of Ravish, Pranoy Roy, and the entire snake pit of honorary Pakistanis at NDTV.

The apple, they say, does not fall far from the tree.

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After a columnist - Rajeev Manri - brought out the issue of LC Jain going against his own country, Srinivasan Jain threatened him with "dire consequences", hinting at physical harm.

It's the same Srinivasan Jain who talks about freedom of press being stifled under Modi.

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