Slamming the central government for resisting a debate in Parliament on the Gaza situation, the Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday said that its ‘silence’ has lowered the country’s standing in the international community. ‘External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj’s refusal to debate the Gaza situation in Parliament is highly disturbing.
The government’s silence at this crucial juncture violates the well settled principles of Indian foreign policy. It raises serious questions the dangerous direction in which the Modi government appears to be taking the country’s foreign policy. ‘The government’s silence on the atrocities being committed in Gaza have lowered India’s stand in the international community,’ AAP said.