Congress claimed that PM Modi doesn’t need to “antagonise” U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photograph credit score: X/@netanyahu.
Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress on Monday (March 23, 2026) requested why the “self-styled Vishwaguru” shouldn’t be advancing the BRICS+ Summit that India is about to host this 12 months to place collectively a diplomatic initiative to take care of the disaster in West Asia.
The Opposition celebration additionally claimed that Mr. Modi doesn’t need to “antagonise” U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Congress common secretary in command of communications, Jairam Ramesh, identified that the 18th annual BRICS+ Summit will happen in New Delhi below India’s Presidency later this 12 months, with Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the UAE as members.
“Why is the self-styled Vishwaguru not advancing the Summit to place collectively a diplomatic initiative to take care of the disaster in West Asia and its impacts? Clearly, he doesn’t need to antagonise President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu,” Mr. Ramesh stated on X.
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“Mr Modi has reportedly been making cellphone calls to overseas leaders to debate the West Asia state of affairs. This mode of communication has its limitations – no hugs, and no finger-waving, gyaan-giving photo-ops for our El Supremo. However Summits might be extra productive and end in concrete steps other than worthwhile face-to-face confabulations,” the Congress chief stated.
The G20 this 12 months is headed by the U.S., and it’ll not end in something consequential apart from extra rants and taunts by the U.S. President, Mr. Ramesh claimed.
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The Congress final week lashed out on the authorities for not releasing a collective assertion on the West Asia battle because the BRICS+ Chair, saying Prime Minister Modi is “diminishing” the standing of the grouping’s presidency in his want to “appease” Mr. Trump and keep his “cosy relationship” with Mr. Netanyahu.
On Saturday (March 21, 2026), the Congress stated the Modi authorities’s failure to sentence the U.S.-Israel aerial assault on Iran and power a brutal authorities change in Iran mirrored the “ethical cowardice” and “political betrayal” of India’s civilisational values.
Mr. Ramesh had stated that Mr. Modi additionally didn’t use his much-claimed friendship with Mr. Trump and Mr. Netanyahu to carry a few cease-fire.
The over three-week warfare has proven no indicators of abating, with Israel saying Iran continued to fireplace missiles at it early on Saturday, whereas Saudi Arabia stated it downed 20 drones in simply a few hours within the nation’s jap area, which is dwelling to main oil installations.
Iran has additionally fired at vitality websites within the Gulf international locations and has now threatened leisure and vacationer websites worldwide.
The U.S. is deploying extra warships and one other 2,500 Marines, three weeks into the warfare it launched alongside Israel on February 28.
Printed – March 23, 2026 12:12 pm IST
