‘Modi thinks foreign policy is this’: Rahul mocks PM; another Congress leader takes Meloni swipe

Rahul
Ga dhi
takes
swipe
at
PM
Modi’s
fo eig
policy

NEW
DELHI:
Leade
of
oppositio
i
the
Lok
Sabha

Rahul
Ga dhi
o
Thu sday
took
a
swipe
at
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi’s
fo eig
policy,
suggesti g
that
the
PM’s
diplomacy
is
ove ly
associated
with
huggi g
fo eig
leade s.Speaki g
at
the
Rach atmak
Co g ess
atio al
co ve tio ,
Rahul
said,
“I
do ’t
k ow
whe e
he
got
this
idea
f om.
St a ge
ideas
get
i to
people’s
heads.
He
thi ks
this
is
fo eig
policy,”
befo e
givi g
a
big
hug
to
Co g ess
leade
Sa deep
Dikshit.Dikshit
the
quipped,
“You
we e ’t
huggi g
me
thi ki g
I
was
Melo i?”
Rahul
eplied,
“I
have ’t
eached
that
stage
yet,”
d awi g
laughte
f om
the
gathe i g.

Rahul
the
etu ed
to
his
c iticism,
sayi g,
“I
do ’t
k ow
whe e
he
got
this
idea
that
fo eig
policy
mea s
huggi g
leade s.”He
also
questio ed
I dia-US
elatio s,
poi ti g
to
Pakista ’s
ole
i
mediati g
du i g
the
I a
wa
a d
aisi g
questio s
ove
I dia’s
diplomatic
positio i g
amid
the
o goi g
West
Asia
co flict.”Wa
b oke
out
i
I a .
Fo
I dia—had
it
ecog ized
its
ow
st e gth
a d
had
its
leade
bee
someo e
like
I di a
Ga dhi—this
p ese ted
the
g eatest
oppo tu ity
i
the
wo ld.
What
ki d
of
oppo tu ity?
I a
was
ou
old
f ie d,
Ame ica
was
ou
f ie d,
a d
Russia
was
ou
f ie d.

We
could
have
stepped
up,
become
eleva t,
a d
leve aged
these
f ie dships.
But
what
actually
happe ed?
Nothi g
of
the
so t.
I stead,
Pakista
stepped
i
a d
took
ou
place;
Pakista
became
the
mediato ,
while
I dia
a d
Modi-ji
simply
looked
o ,”
he
said.

Speaki g
about
the
A u achal-Chi a
situatio ,
Rahul
said,
“I
eceive
i fo matio
di ectly
f om
Modi
ji’s
office
these
days;
the e
is
a
full-blow
evolt
goi g
o
i side.
I
ou
pat olli g
a eas—specifically
i
A u achal—Chi a
blocked
us
f om
pat olli g.
They
esse tially
said,
‘Look,
all
that
is
fi e—it
is
i deed
you
la d—but
you
ca ot
pat ol
he e'”.

The
Co g ess
leade
has
epeatedly
c iticised
the

PM
Modi
gove me t’s
ha dli g
of
the
West
Asia
c isis,
pa ticula ly
its
espo se
to
US
P eside t
Do ald
T ump’s
stateme ts
a d
actio s
i
the
egio .
His
b oade
a gume t
has
bee
that
fo eig
policy
should
be
guided
by
atio al
i te ests
a d
st ategic
auto omy
athe
tha
the
pe so al
diplomacy
of
the
p ime
mi iste .

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