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‘China going against us, Pak attacks rising’: Cong slams Modi’s foreign policy
The Congress rubbished on Tuesday foreign policy claims made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying India’s ties with China had worsened and infiltration and terror attacks from across the Pakistan border had intensified.
Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said more the PM met with leaders of neighbouring countries like China, the “more they go against us”. “As Prime Minister was trying to placate China, the Chinese forces were making incursions into our territory,” he said.
Azad said terrorism had virtually ceased in Jammu and Kashmir in 2008, but the situation took a turn for the worse in the past two years.
“Modi called Pakistan (counterpart) to his swearing-in ceremony (in May 2014). He talked to the Pakistan Prime Minister (Nawaz Sharif) at several fora. He even reached Lahore but in return what did we get in two years? Terrorism, that had almost ended in Jammu and Kashmir. In these two years, there is so much infiltration and ceasefire violation as had not happened in the last 60 years,” the Congress leader said.
In a television interview on Monday, Modi said it was because of his consistent efforts like the visit to Lahore and inviting Sharif to Delhi that he no longer has to convince the world either about India’s stand on terrorism or its willingness to engage with its neighbour.
He also said India has been raising issues of its interest with China in a straight-forward manner and it will continue making efforts to be a member of the Nuclear Supplier Group (NSG).
Seeking to dismiss the Prime Minister’s claim that China had turned lukewarm towards India after his grand welcome in the US, Azad said Rajiv Gandhi, as PM, had managed to maintain good relations with America, Russia and China at the same time.
“For two years, the Prime Minister was active in travelling abroad, but what has been the result of these travels?”
The Congress leader said it would have been better if Modi had held a press conference instead of giving an interview to a television news channel, adding he did not look “decisive”.
“I saw a Prime Minister being so defensive for the first time. The lion that would roar in April 2014; we saw him as an old lion. He looked weak; he was not decisive. It is sad,” Azad said.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india...eign-policy/story-WPfEqTAT85V0AwTzlXpHVI.html
- Agencies, New Delhi
| - Updated: Jun 28, 2016 21:25 IST
The Congress rubbished on Tuesday foreign policy claims made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying India’s ties with China had worsened and infiltration and terror attacks from across the Pakistan border had intensified.
Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said more the PM met with leaders of neighbouring countries like China, the “more they go against us”. “As Prime Minister was trying to placate China, the Chinese forces were making incursions into our territory,” he said.
Azad said terrorism had virtually ceased in Jammu and Kashmir in 2008, but the situation took a turn for the worse in the past two years.
“Modi called Pakistan (counterpart) to his swearing-in ceremony (in May 2014). He talked to the Pakistan Prime Minister (Nawaz Sharif) at several fora. He even reached Lahore but in return what did we get in two years? Terrorism, that had almost ended in Jammu and Kashmir. In these two years, there is so much infiltration and ceasefire violation as had not happened in the last 60 years,” the Congress leader said.
In a television interview on Monday, Modi said it was because of his consistent efforts like the visit to Lahore and inviting Sharif to Delhi that he no longer has to convince the world either about India’s stand on terrorism or its willingness to engage with its neighbour.
He also said India has been raising issues of its interest with China in a straight-forward manner and it will continue making efforts to be a member of the Nuclear Supplier Group (NSG).
Seeking to dismiss the Prime Minister’s claim that China had turned lukewarm towards India after his grand welcome in the US, Azad said Rajiv Gandhi, as PM, had managed to maintain good relations with America, Russia and China at the same time.
“For two years, the Prime Minister was active in travelling abroad, but what has been the result of these travels?”
The Congress leader said it would have been better if Modi had held a press conference instead of giving an interview to a television news channel, adding he did not look “decisive”.
“I saw a Prime Minister being so defensive for the first time. The lion that would roar in April 2014; we saw him as an old lion. He looked weak; he was not decisive. It is sad,” Azad said.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india...eign-policy/story-WPfEqTAT85V0AwTzlXpHVI.html
