The Congress on Thursday slammed Pakistan for its “unilateral suspension” of peace process and simultaneously hoped the NDA Government has learnt the lesson and will refrain from “unthought, unconsulted” diplomatic moves aimed at building Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s persona.
“Pakistan’s unilateral suspension of peace process is extremely unfortunate. It is also a grim reminder of how Pakistan time and again has betrayed the peace process and its commitment to resolve all bilateral issues through peaceful negotiations,” party’s chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said.
The sharp reaction from the Congress came close on the heels of Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit’s remarks that at present the peace process between India and Pakistan is “suspended”.
Singh hoped that BJP Government has learnt their lesson and will “refrained from unthought, unconsulted diplomatic moves” purely aimed at building Modi’s “larger than life persona at the cost of compromising our nation’s safety and security.” Surjewala said Congress stood with all Indians in condemning Pakistan’s skewed move.
Another party spokesman Manish Tewari said the government has itself to blame for the development. “The Government of India has no one but itself to blame for this unfortunate development. PM Modi’s flip flops, U-turns and somersaults over the past 22 months have allowed the Pakistani deep state, which is, GHQ-ISI-terror groups orchestra to run circles around India.”
“We do hope that this government realises that diplomacy is not done on the fly by the seat of their pants. Government needs to introspect their failures in retrospect”, he added.
Former Union Minister and Congress spokesman RPN Singh took a dig at the PM remarking that the development showed that his “56-inch chest diplomacy has faltered.”