Sonia condemned India’s stay away from the ceasefire vote in Gaza
NEW DELHI: Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) president Sonia Gandhi on Monday in an editorial published in a leading daily condemned India’s stay away from voting at the United Nations for a ceasefire in Gaza, saying the country’s Israel and Palestine The country’s oldest party’s stance on the issue has remained unchanged for years.
Congress shared the editorial on its official X platform.
“Contrary to some mischievous suggestions, the position and principle of the Indian National Congress has long been one: it is a sovereign, independent, viable and secure Palestine in peaceful co-existence with Israel,” Sonia Gandhi wrote in it For the state is to support direct negotiation.
“The same stand was adopted by the External Affairs Ministry on October 12, 2023. It is noteworthy that the reiteration of India’s historic position on Palestine came only after Israel launched its offensive against Gaza. The Prime Minister in his initial statement expressed full solidarity with Israel… expressing it had made no mention of the rights of the Palestinians.”
“The Indian National Congress strongly opposes India’s absence from the recent UN General Assembly resolution for an ‘immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian ceasefire’ between Israeli forces and Hamas in Gaza,” he wrote was invoked.” The article is titled ‘A War Where Humanity Is Now On Trial’.
“Many on both the Israeli and Palestinian sides want dialogue and see it as the only way forward,” the former congressman wrote. He called it unfortunate that many influential countries are completely biased.
He wrote, “It is unfortunate that many influential countries are behaving completely biased when they should be doing their utmost to end the war. The loudest and most powerful voice should be to end military activity. Otherwise , this cycle will continue and make it difficult for anyone to live in peace in the region for a long time to come.”
India recently abstained from voting at the UNGA on the Jordan-draft resolution, which called for a ceasefire in Israel.
India had voted in favor of an amendment proposed by Canada to include a paragraph condemning Hamas.
Several Congress leaders, including his daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, criticized the government for staying away from voting for a ceasefire in Gaza, saying, “Everything to refuse to take a stand and silently watch every law of humanity being destroyed in Palestine.” is against.” Our country has stood as a nation all its life”.
Priyanka Gandhi said she was “shocked and embarrassed” that “our country has refrained from voting for a ceasefire in Gaza”.
–IANS
