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| Kantha (right) with PM Modi in China |
AS Chinese traditional dancers welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Xi’an Xiangyang International Airport in China on Thursday, the man who was seen behind the PM was Ashok K Kantha, incidentally son-on-law of BJP leader and former finance minister Yashwant Sinha. It was Kantha’s birthday too (he was born on May 14, 1955), probably something PM and other PMO officials were unaware of. But Kantha, who is married to Sinha’s daughter Sharmila, is not a political appointee at Beijing. He is a career diplomat (a 1977 batch IFS officer) and got his posting in China as India’s ambassador on January 6, 2014 when the UPA was at the helms and…
