Congress slams PM for criticising previous govts on foreign soil

Lashing out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his attacks on previous governments during a foreign visit, the Congress Monday accused him of embarrassing the country and reducing diplomacy to “event management”.

“PM has earned the dubious distinction of being the first world leader to berate and insult his predecessors on foreign soil and negate India’s proud achievements, just for political partisanship…statecraft and diplomacy are both complex and sensitive. These cannot be reduced to event management or personal projections as an icon. He has embarrassed India many a time by his comments, conduct and grandstanding,” Congress spokesperson R P N Singh said, adding he felt that the PM “loses his mental balance when he goes abroad”.

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Congress spokesman Sanjay Jha tweeted, “It is abominable that PM Modi continues his pathetic lowbrow jibes at Opposition party when abroad. A huge embarrassment.”

While addressing business leaders at Masdar City in UAE, Modi said his government had some problems in legacy and his immediate priority was to kickstart things that were stalled by the “indecisiveness and lethargy” of the past governments.

Meanwhile, the Congress also attacked the PM for ceasefire violations along the LoC.