EAM Jaishankar, in a veiled jibe at Rahul Gandhi and Jairam Ramesh, called them "China Gurus" and said that they received their teachings in an "Olympic classroom", hinting at Sonia Gandhi's 2008 visit to Beijing for the Olympics. Jaishankar further mentioned Rahul's meeting with the Chinese envoy during the 2017 Doklam standoff and said, "He took private tuition from the Chinese Ambassador."