During and before the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the Parliament, there was a huge protest against the law. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar defended him well. At the same time, there was a group of people who accused the foreign minister of protecting the law even though his wife was Japanese.
Jaishankar was married to his first wife, Shoba, who was diagnosed with cancer. Study together at JNU. After that, Mr. Jaishankar is married to Kyoko Jaishankar of Japanese nationality and has three children with Foreign Minister Dhruva and Arjun, Medha.
Second, when the Center rejected senior advocate Saurabh Kirpal’s name on the grounds of sex, Advocate Minister Kiran Rijuju also announced that his partner was a foreigner and Kirpal’s nomination was correct. rejected. .
Former Chief Justice Deepak Gupta said that this cannot be a reason for rejection.
Justice Gupta criticized the government’s opposition to senior advocate Saurabh Kripal’s nomination. Justice Deepak Gupta said, “The reason for rejecting Saurabh Kirpal’s nomination is that his partner is not Indian. Many Indians have non-Indian counterparts. Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar’s wife is Japanese.”
S. Jaishankar entered into his second marriage with Kyoko Somegawa, a woman of Japanese descent. After the death of his first wife Shoba from cancer, S. Jaishankar married Kyoko. Kyoko converted to Hinduism after their marriage and is now the mother of three children.
