Sonia Gandhi slams PM Modi for ‘shameful silence’ over Gaza crisis

Asserting that Israel’s military campaign in Gaza amounts to “genocide”, Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday slammed the Modi government for being a “mute spectator to this affront to humanity”, and said this was a “cowardly betrayal of our constitutional values”.

She also said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “shameful silence” in the face of Israel‘s relentless and devastating assault on the people of Gaza is “deeply



disappointing”, as well as the height of “moral cowardice”.

Gandhi urged the prime minister to speak out “clearly, boldly and forthrightly” on behalf of the legacy that India has long represented.

She said nothing can justify Hamas‘ barbaric attacks on innocent men, women and children in Israel on 7 October 2023, or its continued holding of Israeli hostages thereafter.

She said these must be condemned repeatedly and unreservedly.