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Congress person Rahul Gandhi connected Tuesday (March 24, 2026) attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his COVID-19 notation successful his connection to Parliament connected the West Asia situation, saying helium has forgotten what had happened during the pandemic and the benignant of tragedies that had unfolded backmost then.
Mr. Gandhi alleged that India's overseas argumentation has go "Modi's idiosyncratic overseas policy" which is being considered arsenic a "universal joke".
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Speaking with reporters successful the Parliament House complex, Mr. Gandhi said, "If the PM is compromised, our overseas argumentation is compromised."
Asked astir reports of Pakistan being 1 of the intermediaries betwixt the U.S.-Israel and Iran, and India's basal connected the West Asia crisis, the Leader of Opposition successful the Lok Sabha said, "Our overseas argumentation is PM Modi's idiosyncratic overseas policy. You tin spot the results of this, everybody considers this a cosmopolitan joke."
"U.S. President Donald Trump knows precisely what Mr. Modi tin bash and what Mr. Modi cannot do. If the PM is compromised, our overseas argumentation is compromised, it is obvious," Mr. Gandhi said.
"Yesterday, helium made an irrelevant speech. He is the Prime Minister of India, helium indispensable look to beryllium arsenic the PM of India, helium has nary position. It is bittersweet that this would bring harm to people. It is the opening — LPG, petrol, fertiliser, each these would airs a problem. Modi ji said a COVID-like clip is coming. He has forgotten what had happened then, however galore radical had died and what benignant of tragedies had unfolded," Mr. Gandhi said.
He alleged that the authorities has nary knowing of specified issues.
Mr. Gandhi said helium would not beryllium capable to instrumentality portion successful the all-party gathering connected Wednesday connected West Asia arsenic helium has a programme to be successful Kerala.
"They person called an all-party meeting, determination should beryllium a debate, but you person made a structural mistake, you person destroyed the operation and that cannot beryllium corrected. The PM cannot bash it, I tin springiness it to you successful writing, PM volition bash what America and Israel say. He volition not enactment successful the involvement of India and its farmers, helium volition bash arsenic America and Israel say," Mr. Gandhi said.
Mr. Modi connected Monday said the hard planetary conditions caused by the West Asia struggle are apt to persist for a agelong clip and called upon the federation to stay prepared and united, conscionable arsenic it had stood unneurotic during the Covid pandemic.
"This warfare has created hard planetary conditions that whitethorn persist for a agelong time. Hence, we indispensable stay prepared and united. We faced akin challenges during the Covid situation with unity. Now again, we indispensable hole successful the aforesaid way. With patience, restraint, and calmness, we indispensable look each challenge-that is our identity, that is our strength.
"At the aforesaid time, we indispensable stay vigilant and cautious. Those who effort to exploit the concern volition effort to dispersed falsehoods, but we indispensable not fto them succeed," Mr. Modi had said.
In his connection successful Lok Sabha, Mr. Modi had besides addressed concerns related to the interaction connected fuel, fertilisers, nationalist information and different areas successful India arsenic good connected its nationals residing successful the West Asia region, detailing steps taken by the authorities to guarantee that "ordinary families look arsenic small occupation arsenic possible", and said a unanimous dependable should spell retired to the satellite from India's Parliament connected this crisis.
Reaffirming India's unwavering committedness to humanity and peace, the Prime Minister said the dialog and diplomacy stay the lone way to solution and each Indian effort is directed astatine de-escalation and the cessation of hostilities.
