BJP leaders continue to display a narrow mindset and are still indulging in petty politics, says party spokesman Pawan Khera
NEW DELHI – Asserting that there has been a complete failure of foreign policy under the Narendra Modi government, the Congress has said that not a single country stood by India during hostilities with Pakistan, and the country has been completely isolated.
The party also reiterated its question to the government: Where did the terrorists who killed 26 innocent tourists in Pahalgam vanish?
Addressing a press conference at the AICC office here on Tuesday, Congress spokesperson and Chairman of the party’s Media and Publicity, Pawan Khera, said that BJP leaders continue to display a narrow mindset and are still indulging in petty politics. Suggesting that everything — including foreign and defence policy — has been outsourced to trolls, he remarked, “This government is run by trolls, operated by trolls, inspired by trolls — and the results are for all to see.”
He observed that due to the failure of India’s foreign policy, the country now finds itself isolated, with no nation extending support.
The Congress spokesperson accused certain BJP MPs of indulging in petty politics even while abroad, despite being part of delegations meant to present India’s viewpoint alongside opposition MPs.
Khera said that not only in the case of Pahalgam, but also in previous attacks, the government has failed to explain what happened to the terrorists involved. Instead, he remarked, the prime minister resorts to using movie dialogues — a conduct unbecoming of the high office he holds.
Referring to the growing proximity between Pakistan and China, Khera said New Delhi has remained silent on the matter, even though such developments do not bode well for the nation.
He added that after the US President hyphenated India and Pakistan, Middle Eastern countries like Kuwait and the UAE followed suit. He pointed out that Kuwait has lifted its visa ban on Pakistanis and is signing a labour treaty with Pakistan, developments that could adversely affect Indian workers, who currently make up 21 percent of that country’s labour force. Similarly, he added, the UAE has extended a five-year visa facility to Pakistanis. He noted that no country has supported India in labelling Pakistan as a terrorist state, and asked whether this does not reflect a weakness of our foreign policy.
“They are very effective, more effective than I am afraid the government was putting forward, in protecting the interest of India.”
A clear comparison between what the MPs of the BJP are doing and what the MPs of the opposition are doing… There should be a clear comparison between what the BJP and its supporters did in the last month and what the opposition did, and how they conducted themselves. I think this is very important as a lesson for posterity, also… the difference between the two.
In response to a question about the prime minister’s statement in Gujarat about Operation Sindoor, Khera said this was low-level politics. “It is very low-level politics and that too straight from the troll-in-chief, the divider-in-chief, the prime minister. Now if this is not the language of a troll, then what is? You yourself have proved… not us, not you, the prime minister himself has proved what I just said. This is the language of a troll”.
