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News India Live, Digital Desk: Amidst the deepening crisis in West Asia, activities in Indian politics have also intensified. The Congress party has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of maintaining silence on the Iran issue to avoid angering his ‘American and Israeli friends’. However, his own party’s MP Shashi Tharoor criticized this ‘silence’ of the government. “Responsible Statecraft” Have agreed.
1. Strong attack from Sonia Gandhi and Congress
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Sonia Gandhi have raised serious questions on the foreign policy of the government:
Violation of independent foreign policy: Sonia Gandhi alleged that the Modi government has abandoned India’s independent foreign policy and put the country’s credibility at risk.
Question on silence: Congress says the government has arrested Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Why was there no official condemnation of the assassination (which took place in an attack in February 2026)?
Walkout in Parliament: Recently Foreign Minister S. Calling Jaishankar’s statement ‘vapid’, the opposition parties had also staged a walkout from the Parliament.
2. Shashi Tharoor’s ‘different’ stand (The Tharoor Twist)
Cutting across party lines, Shashi Tharoor has defended the government’s ‘cautious approach’:
National interest paramount: Tharoor argues that 90 lakh Indian citizens live in the Gulf countries and our energy security (LPG/LNG imports) depends on those countries. In such a situation, criticizing any one party may be strategically wrong.
Nehruvian example: Citing the example of Jawaharlal Nehru, Tharoor said that non-alignment not only means taking a moral stand but also protecting our national interests.
Just expressing condolences is enough: Tharoor acknowledged that India should have immediately expressed public condolences on Khamenei’s death, as it did on the death of former President Raisi, but not condemning the war is not out of ‘fear’ but ‘precaution’.
3. BJP’s counterattack
Taking a jibe at this internal discord, BJP said that Congress has now become completely directionless. Union ministers say that India is talking to both sides as an ‘angel of peace’ and PM Modi has also recently discussed on phone with the leadership of Iran and Kuwait.
Current situation: What is India’s stake?
India has allowed Iranian ships to dock at its ports on humanitarian grounds.
The government stands by the principle of “Sovereignty & Territorial Integrity”, but has refrained from directly supporting or opposing any military action.