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‘Not neutral, but abdication’: Sonia Gandhi slams Modi Govt for ‘silence’ on Khamenei ‘assassination', invokes Vajpayee
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Sonia Gandhi Condemns India's Response to Khamenei KillingGandhi demands a parliamentary debate on India's silence after Iran's leader was assassinated on Feb 28, 2026, by US-Israeli strikes.
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- Sonia Gandhi criticizes the Indian government's silence on the targeted killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei as abdication, not neutrality.
- She calls for a candid parliamentary discussion on the incident's implications and questions the credibility of India's foreign policy.
- The assassination by the US and Israel amid ongoing diplomacy marks a serious breach in international norms, Gandhi emphasizes.
- Recalling strong India-Iran ties under Vajpayee, she stresses the need for principled diplomacy to maintain India's strategic independence.
When the targeted killing of a foreign leader draws no clear defence of sovereignty or international law from our country and impartiality is abandoned, it raises serious doubts about the direction and credibility of our foreign policy,— Sonia Gandhi, in her article for The Indian Express, commenting on the government's response to the assassination
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‘Not neutral, but abdication’: Sonia Gandhi slams Modi Govt for ‘silence’ on Khamenei ‘assassination', invokes Vajpayee
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'Modi govt's silence on Khamenei assassination not neutral but abdication': Sonia Gandhi
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'India must be morally clear': Rahul Gandhi slams PM Modi's 'silence' on Khamenei's assassination
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Sonia Slams Govt's Silence on Khamenei Killing, Demands Parliament Debate: The former Congress president also demanded that when Parliament reconvenes for the ...
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Sonia Gandhi questions PM Modi's Israel visit, slams Centre's 'disturbing silence' on Khamenei's killing| India News
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