India’s foreign policy has now been ‘All Aland’ from ‘Non-Aland’, under which it buys S-400 from Russia and Predicter Drone from America. The country maintains relations with both Iran and Israel, but does not accept the intervention of a third party. India keeps its position firmly on global forums.
Bombs are falling in the battle of Iran-Israel. The missiles are spewing fire. Fighter plane is wreaking havoc. The fear of the drone is hovering like a shadow, but the political bomb in Delhi, about a thousand kilometers from this battle of war, has started showing effects. Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has now come out openly on the ongoing war between Iran-Israel. In an article, Sonia has openly targeted the Chupi of PM Narendra Modi, supporting Iran on the Iran-Israeli war.
Sonia Gandhi said, Iran has been an old friend of India and in such a situation India’s silence is going to disturb. India should speak in clear, responsible and strong voice about the devastation happening in Gaza and the attacks in Iran. It is not late yet. Iran has been an old friend of India, and has a deep connection between the two civilizations. Iran has supported India on many occasions. In 1994, Iran helped block a proposal in the United Nations, in which India was criticized on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir.
He said that India has been a supporter of two state solution. Israel is a nuclear power itself, but Iran is being targeted even if there is no nuclear weapon. This is a double criterion of Israel. He also said that Iran has been an old friend of India and in such a situation, India’s silence is disturbing.
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It is not that the Modi government is unaware of this international matter. On June 13, when Israel attacked Iran, the Modi government gave a restrained reaction. On the day of the attack on Iran, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the phone. PM Modi himself gave this information on social media. PM Modi wrote, I received a call from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He informed me about the current situation. I shared India’s concerns and emphasized the need for early restoration of peace and stability in the region.
There is a unique combination of balance, strength and strategy in Prime Minister Modi’s foreign policy. Modi’s diplomacy is not known by slogans, but decisive decisions and India’s strong presence on global forums. The current government avoids the rhetoric of waste. Where the need is required, she makes the same statement and carries forward her diplomacy. An example of this was clearly seen in the statement of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the SCO, when India separated itself from the proposal condemning the Israeli airstrikes on Iran. The SCO, an organization with leadership of Russia and China, on June 13, described the Iran Israeli attacks as a violation of international law and UN Charter.
On the 9th day of the war, Israel bombed 15 fighter aircraft. 2 Iranian military officers were killed. At the same time, Iran has also retaliated with many missiles. You can see what happened on the ninth day of the war between Israel and Iran.
India is emerging power on global forums. India leads Global South. The world’s major decisions are not possible without India. The message of such PM Modi is clear – the world does not need war but Buddha, that is, the issues can be solved only on the table of conversation. This message of PM Modi should also be understood by the parties who have politics in the country and also those countries of the world who have thrown themselves in the fire of war.
“So should India have spoken openly? Is our silence reducing our global stature? Is Sonia Gandhi’s concern only diplomatic or political?”
India’s silence in the war of Iran-Israel has now become a political tornado. But the question is – is the silence ever a strategy?