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PM ‘weak’, ‘yes man’ to Trump: Kejriwal’s targets Modi as India faces LPG shortage amid Iran vs Israel-US war
"In a way, our prime minister is weak and Trump is blackmailing him... Our citizens are enraged by this," Kejriwal said.
Arvind Kejriwal
AAP convenor and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Wednesday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over “siding with US and Israel” in the ongoing war with “India’s long-term ally” Iran. Terming him a “yes man” to US President Trump, Kejriwal said the PM has embarrassed the nation by bowing down to Trump. “In a way, our prime minister is weak and Trump is blackmailing him… Our citizens are enraged by this,” Kejriwal said.
He accused Modi of “demolishing” India’s non-aligned foreign policy of several decades and making Iran our “enemy”.
Blaming the PM for the suffering of the country’s people due to the shortage of LPG, he said: “Even during the Cold War times, India was following the non-aligned foreign policy. PM Modi has made a mistake by demolishing India’s non-aligned policy of 75 years. We should not have aligned with anyone. He stood by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a day before the war began. We have made Iran our enemy,” Kejriwal said.
Speaking on the LPG shortage India is facing due to the Middle East crisis, Kejriwal said the LPG production in the country has gone down by 50 per cent. Elaborating on this, he said India imports 60 per cent of oil needed to meet the country’s total consumption for LPG gas, and 90 per cent of this used to come through Strait of Hormuz which at present is closed due to the war. “So, India’s oil imports have dropped by 90%, cutting down the LPG production to 50%,” he said.
Expressing concern over the situation, he said: “In the next two days, 50 per cent of hotels are on the verge of shutdown, news is coming from Delhi NCR, Bihar… about one crore people are at the risk of losing their jobs due to LPG crisis hitting hotels and restaurants”.
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