MP Sonia Gandhi: Parliament must debate ‘disharmony’ in foreign policy

New Delhi: MPs say PM Modi government’s “silence” over Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s targeted assassination and attacks on Iran shows “tacit approval” of the tragedy Sonia Gandhi Parliament was asked to discuss the “disharmony” in foreign policy when it resumes next week, suggesting the opposition will strongly raise recent events in West Asia at the budget session.She said the killing of a sitting head of state during ongoing negotiations marked a serious rupture in contemporary international relations. leader of the opposition Rahul Gandhi Prime Minister Modi was asked if he “supports the assassination of heads of state as a way of defining world order”. Urging Modi to speak out, Rahul said silence would weaken India’s standing in the world.Sonia said in a media article that Modi’s recent visit to Israel and his “unconditional support” for the government of Benjamin Netanyahu two days before the US-Israeli attack on Iran have raised serious questions besides abandoning old allies like Iran. She asked why the “global South” would trust India to defend its territorial sovereignty when India cannot even defend this principle. She said the government’s attitude casts serious doubts on the direction and credibility of India’s foreign policy. Sonia stressed that “we need to rediscover” the moral strength of the values ​​that India stands for – sovereignty, peace, justice, non-violence.She said the prime minister ignored large-scale US and Israeli attacks on Iran and condemned Iran’s retaliatory attacks on the United Arab Emirates, without mentioning a series of previous incidents. Sonia noted that India’s ties with Israel have expanded in recent years in the fields of defense, agriculture and technology, and that India’s ties with Tehran and Tel Aviv have given India room to urge restraint.