Congress senior spokesperson Anand Sharma said that Modi was in the US as India’s prime minister and not a star campaigner in the US elections
New Delhi| The Congress party on Monday launched a scathing attack on PM Modi. It has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of violating Indian foreign policy’s “time-honoured principle” of not interfering in the domestic elections of another country by campaigning for US President Donald Trump at the Howdy Modi event in Houston, USA.
On Sunday, the two world leaders shared a stage at an event organized by the Indian community in the US. Over 50,000 Indian-Americans were present at the Howdy Modi event. It was for the first time any Indian Prime Minister had addressed a joint rally with a US president.
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During his speech, PM Modi not only praised Trump but also campaigned for him with his 2014 Prime Ministerial election slogan. “We in India connected well with President Trump and with the words of candidate Trump, ‘Abki Baar, Trump Sarkar’, rang loud and clear,” PM Modi said.
Responding to it, Congress senior spokesperson Anand Sharma said, “Modi was in the US as India’s prime minister and not a star campaigner in the US elections”.
Mr Prime Minister, you have violated the time honoured principle of Indian foreign policy of not interfering in the domestic elections of another country. This is a singular disservice to the long-term strategic interests of India.
— Anand Sharma (@AnandSharmaINC) September 22, 2019
“Mr Prime Minister Modi violated the time-honoured principle of Indian foreign policy of not interfering in the domestic elections of another country. This is a singular disservice to the long-term strategic interests of India,” said Sharma on Twitter after the Howdy Modi event in Texas on Sunday night.
“Our relationship with the United States of America has throughout been bipartisan, vis–vis Republicans and Democrats. Your actively campaigning for Trump is a breach of both India and America as sovereign nations and democracies,” said Sharma.
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