New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of obstructing Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge from speaking in the Rajya Sabha after external affairs minister S Jaishankar’s statement on developments on India’s foreign policy.
Speaking on the “latest developments” in foreign policy, S Jaishankar told the House that India had prioritised its engagements with its neighbours and elucidated on the significant progress made in bilateral relations under the leadership of PM Modi.
Slamming the Opposition’s disruption during his statement, Jaishankar said, “If you claim to be ‘INDIA’ but if you are not prepared to listen to India’s national interests, then what kind of India are you? If you cannot respect the president, vice president, prime minister, if you won’t allow the external affairs minister to make a statement in Parliament, then it’s a very sorry state of affairs.”
‘INDIA’, which stands for Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, comprises 26 opposition parties so far.
Earlier, the opposition MPs of the INDIA alliance had arrived at the Parliament wearing black clothes as a mark of protest against the Manipur violence.
