New Delhi: Opposition parties on Sunday condemned the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US-Israel strikes and questioned the Centre’s “silence”, with the Congress saying that it shows the Modi government’s “abdication of moral leadership”.
Opposition leaders also criticised the Centre’s foreign policy and said the government’s response to the war unleashed on “friend” Iran has been a “betrayal” of India’s values, principles and interests.
Slamming the killing of Khamenei, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said the targeted assassination of the leadership of a sovereign nation by the “so called leaders of the democratic world” and the killing of multitudes of innocent people is “despicable” and deserves strong condemnation.
She also took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying she hopes that having “genuflected” before Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump, the PM makes every effort to bring all Indian citizens in the affected countries back home to safety.
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi termed the killing as an “immoral and unlawful act” and expressed hope that the central government would play a role in halting the war.
Questioning the government’s silence over the developments in West Asia, Congress’ media and publicity department head Pawan Khera said it is a “complete betrayal” of all that India has stood for.
“The silence of the Modi Govt on the targeted assassination of Ayatollah Khameini and other Iranian leaders demonstrates its abdication of moral leadership and its reluctance to say anything remotely critical of the US and Israel. It is a complete betrayal of all that India has stood for. India has never before looked this weak,” Khera said in a post on X.
