PM Orbán seemingly won the hearts of many Indians with just one sentence
As we wrote, PM Orbán is spending his winter holiday in India, a country not yet among the fanciest places European and world leaders go to unwind. Hungarian press suggested that Orbán went to India on an Ayurvedic healing tour with the head of a traditional Ayurvedic healing centre in Hungary, but the prime minister dismissed those allegations in a strange interview with Blikk, a Hungarian tabloid. He also said a sentence in that interview which seemingly won the hearts of many Indians.
Is PM Orbán in India for health reasons?
PM Viktor Orbán never gives interviews to non-government-friendly Hungarian media outlets. However, he seems to have made an exception with Blikk, a Hungarian tabloid, earlier this week. The interview’s circumstances were even more suspicious. It seems that a journalist of Blikk just reached out to the Hungarian prime minister via phone and managed to gain answers about his private tour in India.
As we wrote before, the Hungarian prime minister will remain in the South Asian country until 16 January. He arrived there with Ayurvedic healing centre head Krishna Kumar. Kumar’s business, which also organises purification tours in Kerala, is co-owned by Hungarian billionaire György Gattyán, through Docler Holding. While the enterprise has reportedly faced financial challenges, Kumar’s promotional materials claim Ayurveda can cure all diseases.
Therefore, Hungarian politicians and the press started asking questions about which illnesses Orbán may struggle with. For some reason, the Hungarian prime minister felt the need to answer those questions in the Blikk interview. We covered his answers in THIS article. However, one of his answers became viral in the subcontinent and beyond.
India: a destination for culture-lovers, says PM Orbán
The question was whether he would recommend India to others for a holiday. Orbán answered that India was not popular for being a tourist paradise. “Those who desire luxury should go to an Austrian ski resort or the Bahamas. Those interested in culture, come to India!”, he concluded.
According to Szeretlek Magyarország, Indian journalists found that sentence interesting. For example, Sidhant Sibal, the foreign policy editor of the WION News English-language Indian news service, quoted the prime minister on his X profile. He was followed by multiple Indian news outlets. The Print, for example, added that it is rare a European leader spends their holiday in India.
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