April 11, 2026
Opposition slams Modi authorities as Pakistan hosts US-Iran peace talks
As leaders from the US and Iran collect in Pakistan to try negotiating a truce, many Indians are watching with narrowed eyes.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spent over a decade fastidiously crafting India’s picture as a world chief, a minimum of domestically. For individuals who purchased into that narrative, archrival Pakistan’s emergence as an influential mediator is troublesome to swallow.
Even those that may dismiss the ‘Vishwaguru‘ label, translating to ‘instructor of the world,’ Islamabad’s diplomatic emergence registers as a failure of India’s overseas coverage.
India’s largest nationwide opposition social gathering, the Indian Nationwide Congress (INC), is pointing the finger of blame squarely at Modi.
“The federal government’s incompetence has allowed Pakistan to assert a pivotal function within the great-power competitors in Asia, which may even give it leverage over India on essential bilateral issues by way of third events, successfully internationalizing India-Pakistan issues,” the INC stated in an announcement.
Akhilesh Yadav, one other key opposition chief and Modi critic, stated the BJP had “ruined our overseas coverage.”
“There was a time when it appeared like India would develop into the world guru, however Pakistan is strengthening its overseas coverage on the worldwide degree. India seems weak in overseas coverage,” he stated after Washington and Tehran agreed to a short lived ceasefire.
The peace talks in Islamabad come after a troublesome yr for US-India relations.
Whereas each stay shut companions in commerce, safety, protection and know-how, a string of diplomatic rows — US commerce tariffs, Trump’s insistence that he brokered peace between India and Pakistan, and New Delhi’s ties with Russia — have hit India’s picture as a diplomatic champion inside the nation.
What’s the authorities’s stance?
Indian International Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar beforehand defended the federal government when opposition Leaders raised this subject in an all-party meet over the Center East battle.
Jaishankar had known as Pakistan a ‘dalal,’ a phrase which suggests ‘dealer’ however has damaging connotations.
Extra not too long ago, International Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated India welcomed the ceasefire between the US and Iran. “As we have now repeatedly advocated earlier, deescalation, dialogue and diplomacy are important to deliver an early finish to the continuing Battle,” he stated, with out commenting on Pakistan’s function because the mediator.
