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India's Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna on Monday slammed his junior minister and former UN Under Secretary General Shashi Tharoor for criticising the government on Twitter, a social networking site.Tharoor had criticised the government's new visa regulations, which were introduced in the wake of arrest of David Coleman Headley, which brought to light disclosures of the abuse of tourist visas. Krishna said that such issues should not be discussed publicly.Well, these are issues are not to be discussed in public. If there are any perceptions, they should be sorted out within the four walls of the two ministries, said Krishna. India's Home Ministry had issued directives citing that foreign nationals having long-term multi-entry Indian tourist visas must have a gap of two months between two visits. The new guidelines had incited protests from US and UK governments. Tharoor had questioned whether the new visa regulations would strengthen security or not.
