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With the 2nd fractional of the Budget league acceptable to statesman adjacent week, the Congress connected Friday (March 6, 2026) demanded that a full-fledged abbreviated duration treatment beryllium held connected the West Asian concern and asserted that a suo motu connection connected behalf of the authorities would not suffice.
Speaking with PTI, Congress wide caput in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh claimed that the Modi authorities contiguous stands "shrunken and diminished" with India's planetary lasting ne'er being "as anemic arsenic it is now". He said the authorities was making India play "second fiddle" not lone to the U.S. but besides to Israel.
Using cricketing analogy, Mr. Ramesh said the Modi authorities has been connected a sticky wicket for a agelong clip with "googlies being bowled from Washington".
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"The 2nd signifier of the Budget league starts connected March 9 and it is scheduled to spell up to April 2. So, it's a 25-day period, but really the fig of sittings is lone 17 due to the fact that a ample fig of important festivals and holidays are successful this period. The appropriations Bill, the Finance Bill volition person to beryllium discussed. We're besides going to beryllium discussing the functioning of 4 oregon 5 ministries. So, determination is simply a acceptable docket for this phase," helium said.
However, determination are precise galore important issues, the Indo-U.S. commercialized deal, the continued blackmail by the United States erstwhile it comes to India's purchases of lipid from Russia, the targeted assassinations of the Supreme person successful Iran and ample fig of governmental and subject leaders and the continued West Asia struggle that has expanded into different parts of West Asia, helium said.
"There were the attacks by the US and Israel connected Iran and the consequent attacks by Iran connected the Gulf countries. There are astir 10 cardinal Indians who enactment successful this region, whose lives, livelihoods, safety, information are affected. So, it's a precise important economical issue. We get astir 50-60 cardinal dollars of remittances each twelvemonth from this region, if not more. So, it's a precise important contented for america and we volition surely request an urgent treatment connected the West Asian situation," Mr. Ramesh said.
Referring to a U.S. submarine torpedoing and sinking an Iranian warship successful planetary waters disconnected Sri Lanka's coast, helium said this was bonzer and has ne'er happened before.
He asserted that suo motu statements by the authorities are meaningless due to the fact that past nary clarifications allowed.
"We privation a full-fledged abbreviated duration discussion. It should not beryllium a suo motu connection connected behalf of the authorities due to the fact that conscionable to request a connection is meaningless arsenic the curate would come, marque a connection and go. You are not allowed to inquire immoderate questions. So we request a full-fledged abbreviated duration treatment connected the West Asian concern caused by the aggression of the US and Israel connected Iran and the consequent attacks by Iran connected Gulf countries, the activities of the US navy successful the Indian Ocean," Mr. Ramesh said.
Referring to the U.S. connection that it is issuing a impermanent 30-day waiver connected Russian lipid purchases, the Congress person said, "Today's connection by the U.S. treasury caput (Scott Bessent)...he is doing america a favour by saying that helium volition springiness america a 30-day waiver. What does it show, the connection that is utilized successful an authoritative US treasury caput statement, it shows India arsenic a supplicant and that it does India a favour".
Mr. Ramesh said it has been a "sticky wicket" for the authorities for long.
"Googlies are being bowled from Washington. A googly was bowled connected May 10, abruptly announcing a halt to Operation Sindoor and subsequently, implicit a 100 times, President Trump has tried to vessel an disconnected interruption oregon a limb interruption oregon a googly...The Indian authorities contiguous stands shrunken, it stands diminished, successful spite of each the photograph opportunities and hugs that the premier curate tin bash with visiting dignitaries oregon erstwhile helium goes abroad," Mr. Ramesh said.
"The information of the substance is that we are playing 2nd fiddle to the US and not lone are we playing 2nd fiddle to the US, we look to beryllium playing 2nd fiddle adjacent to Israel due to the fact that 2 days aft PM leaves Israel, it stars its attacks for targeted assassinations connected Iran," helium said.
"So I americium acrophobic India's planetary lasting has ne'er been arsenic anemic arsenic it is (now). There was a clip erstwhile the American President called Indian premier curate each sorts of unprintable names, abused her, threatened her, intimidated her, the Nixon-Kissenger duo. Indira Gandhi stood up for India's involvement and she did what she thought was right. She emerged from it lasting tall," Mr. Ramesh said.
Today, the PM is soundless connected the assassination of Iranian leaders by Israel and the U.S., the PM is soundless connected President Trump's claims connected the haltage of Operation Sindoor, the PM is soundless connected American unit to trim lipid imports from Russia, helium said.
"So, the PM who spares nary effort to defame absorption leaders, erstwhile it comes to President Trump's actions oregon Israel's actions, is wholly silent. This is not the India that the satellite knows," Mr. Ramesh said.
The U.S. and Israel launched subject strikes connected Iran connected February 28, sidesplitting Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Following the subject offensive, Iran has carried retired a question of attacks chiefly targeting Israel and American subject bases successful respective Gulf countries, including the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
In the past fewer days, the struggle has widened importantly with attacks and counter-attacks by some sides.
India has called for resolving the struggle done dialog and diplomacy.
