New Delhi : After Operation Sindoor, the war in Iran and the LPG supply situation that seem to have created a difference of opinion within the Congress. Leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has repeatedly hit out at the Modi government’s diplomatic stance on the US-Israel-Iran War. But senior leaders of the Congress have been repeatedly seen to be differing with him, and praising the government’s approach to the situation.
Rahul Gandhi urged the Centre to condemn Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s killing. Days after Khamenei’s death, India’s foreign secretary Vikram Misri signed the condolence book at the Iranian embassy in New Delhi, marking India’s first official response. Congress MP Manish Tewari, while speaking on a TV news channel on the West Asia war, said the “government is likely doing the right thing”.
In a series of posts on X, Anand Sharma complimented the government and called for unity. He lauded India’s diplomatic handling of the West Asia crisis as “mature and skillful”. Kamal Nath was also seen rejecting the Congress’s stance on the LPG situation. The Congress high command has been continuously hitting out at the government over the reported LPG shortage. But Kamal Nath said, “There is no such shortage. It is just an atmosphere being created that there is a shortage.”
“Now, even Congress leader Kamal Nath has himself admitted that there is no shortage of petrol, diesel, or gas in the country,” Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia wrote on X. “It is time for the Congress to stop creating fear and distrust among the people to bake their political bread,” he added. The BJP’s National Spokesperson, Pradeep Bhandari, reacted to the ongoing tussle in the Congress and said, “Congress leaders know Rahul Gandhi is an opportunist; Anti-India Man!”
Shashi Tharoor then put the interests of the country above that of the party’s and backed the government. That was even as Rahul Gandhi was criticising the government’s “political will”. The Modi government decided to form an all-party delegation on Operation Sindoor, consisting of a 59 parliamentarians, to visit several countries and present India’s stance. The Congress alleged that the government did not consult the party leadership before selecting Tharoor and Tewari as members of the delegation.