Defending the 'Akhand Bharat' mural in Parliament, external affairs minister S Jaishankar has said that it represents undivided India and shows the spread of the Ashoka empire. He said that the mural depicts the idea of responsible and people-oriented governance and he does not expect Pakistan to understand it does not have the power to understand it.
He was responding to Pakistan terming the 'Akhand Bharat' mural a 'matter of grave concern'
The map of ancient India inside the new Parliament has drawn criticism from Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka.