India's First PM being targeted to skirt core issues: Congress
Congress
on Tuesday attacked Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
for his veiled dig at former PM
Jawaharlal Nehru
by recalling how then home minister Sardar Patel was against stopping the war in 1947 against Pakistan before seizing PoK but was overruled.
The AICC avoided getting into any debate on the specifics of the strategic differences within the then Congress government and alleged that Modi was targeting the first PM to skirt many core issues involved in the recent India-Pakistan conflict, including US President Trump's remarks and the growing Pakistan-China nexus against India.
Lamenting that the PM was active in "Nehru-bashing" even on the first PM's death anniversary on Tuesday, AICC spokesperson Jairam Ramesh said, "This is a pathetic attempt at diverting attention from very many serious issues that confront us today, which he must answer."
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Congress leader asked why the terrorists responsible for the brutal
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were still scot-free, and "why is the PM silent on the US President's statements - 8 in 11 days - on the ceasefire between India and Pakistan that forced Operation Sindoor to stop?"
Ramesh also alleged the PM was silent on the "deep military nexus between China and Pakistan, that has now become more apparent than ever before" and asked why Modi was quiet "on the growing hyphenation of India with Pakistan" and "the failure of our diplomacy" to isolate Pakistan.
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