Amid the West Asia conflict, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the handling of the government’s foreign policy. Gandhi said the nation’s foreign policy has turned into “Modi’s personal foreign policy”, which is being considered as a “universal joke”. Slamming PM Modi for his Covid-19 reference in the statement to Parliament the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha said the PM has forgotten what had happened during the pandemic and the kind of tragedies that had unfolded back then.
Addressing the media in the Parliament House complex, Gandhi said: “If the PM is compromised, our foreign policy is compromised.” When asked about reports of Pakistan being one of the intermediaries between the US-Israel and Iran, and India’s stand on the West Asia crisis, the Congress leader said, “Our foreign policy is PM Modi’s personal foreign policy. You can see the results of this, everybody considers this a universal joke.”
“Yesterday he made an irrelevant speech. He is the prime minister of India, he must appear to be the PM of India, he has no position. It is sad that this would bring harm to people. It is the beginning — LPG, petrol, fertilizer, all these would pose a problem. Modi ji said COVID-like time is coming. He has forgotten what had happened then, how many people had died and what kind of tragedies had unfolded,” said Gandhi.
He also claimed that the PM would align “India’s decision with the interests of the US and Israel rather than prioritising the needs of the country and its farmers.
“They have called an all-party meeting; there should be a debate, but you have made a structural mistake. You have destroyed the structure, and that cannot be corrected. The PM cannot do it; I can give it to you in writing. The PM will do what America and Israel say. He will not work in the interest of India and its farmers; he will do as America and Israel say,” Gandhi said while claiming that Modi has made a structural mistake which cannot be corrected.
On Monday, while addressing Parliament, Modi said that the global situation has become difficult due to the West Asia conflict and that people must
“This war has created difficult global conditions that may persist for a long time. Hence, we must remain prepared and united. We faced similar challenges during the Covid crisis with unity. Now again, we must prepare in the same way. With patience, restraint, and calmness, we must face every challenge-that is our identity, that is our strength.
Modi also spoke about possible impacts on fuel, fertiliser, and safety of all Indian nationals both in India and in the West Asian region. He said that measures are being taken by the government to ensure that “”ordinary families face as little trouble as possible.”
