The country’s politics has heated up after the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Husseini Khamenei in Israeli-American attacks. Congress Parliamentary Party President Sonia Gandhi has launched a scathing attack on the central government after there has been no direct response from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He called this silence a step back from duty and said that it raises questions on the direction of India’s foreign policy.
Question on government’s silence on Khamenei’s murder
Congress Parliamentary Party President Sonia Gandhi said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not yet given a clear statement on the death of Ayatollah Seyed Ali Hussaini Khamenei in the Israeli-American attacks. He called it “dereliction of duty” and said that this silence is not neutrality, but shirking responsibility. Sonia Gandhi alleged that such silence affects the credibility of India’s foreign policy. He says that when the country does not take a clear stand on any major international issue, a wrong message is sent.
The article targeted the government
Former Congress President Sonia Gandhi criticized the central government in her article written in ‘The Indian Express’. He said that the Indian government’s silence on the targeted killing of Khamenei is not a neutral stance, but it is shirking its responsibility. He demanded that when the budget session of Parliament resumes, there should be an open and undefended discussion on this issue. He said that the international system is weakening and at such a time it is necessary to question India’s “disturbing silence”.
“A deep wound in international relations”
Sonia Gandhi wrote in her article that on March 1, Iran confirmed that its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Husseini Khamenei was assassinated in targeted strikes by America and Israel. He said that the assassination of a sitting head of state during negotiations is a deep wound in today’s international relations. He said that what is more shocking than this incident is the silence of the Indian government.
Questions on Prime Minister’s statements also
Sonia Gandhi also criticized Prime Minister Modi’s initial statements. He said that ignoring the major attack by America and Israel, the Prime Minister limited himself only to condemning Iran’s retaliatory attack on UAE. He said that the sequence of events that had happened earlier was not discussed. He also says that the Prime Minister later made general statements of “deep concern” and “dialogue and diplomacy”, even though these statements came after major attacks that were launched by the US and Israel.
Raised serious questions on foreign policy
Sonia Gandhi said that when a country like India does not take a clear stand on violation of international law, it sends wrong signals. He wrote that when the targeted killing of a foreign leader is not accompanied by a clear defense of our country’s sovereignty or international law, it raises serious questions about the direction and credibility of our foreign policy.
Rahul Gandhi also targeted
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi also shared Sonia Gandhi’s article on social media platform X. He wrote that when our country does not clearly support sovereignty or international law and abandons impartiality over the targeted killing of a foreign leader, it raises questions about the direction and credibility of India’s foreign policy. Rahul Gandhi said that remaining silent at such a time is not neutrality. He also said that in her article, Sonia Gandhi has emphasized on this delicate global situation and said that India should stand in favor of sovereignty and peace and maintain its moral strength.
