Congress: Prime Minister's foreign policy lacks focus, personalised

Punjab Tourism Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu greets former Congress President Sonia Gandhi during the second day of the 84th Congress Plenary Session at the Indira Gandhi stadium in New Delhi PicPTIThe Congress on Sunday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for pursuing a personalised foreign policy saying it was confused and bereft of focus and direction In its 84th plenary session the party noted that the Modis tendency to disparage his predecessors and diminish Indias achievements since Independence has undercut the countrys credibility abroadMoving the resolution on foreign policy senior Congress leader Anand Sharma said the Prime Minister was known for his propaganda and condemned his actions of showing disrespect to the partys predecessors saying It is not an insult to the Congress party or its leaders but an insult to the nationThe resolution said Foreign policy has always been marked with continuity with the backing of a strong national consensus Unfortunately the BJP government has disrupted it and its illadvised actions have unravelled the national consensusThe government is carried away by its own propaganda and has mismanaged Indias relations with major partner countries Its foreign policy is confused and bereft of focus and directionThe Prime Minister has pursued a personalised foreign policy The foreign policy engagements and Modis visits abroad have been reduced to being purely transactionalThe discarding of Indias historic role in the NonAligned Movement and the continuous dismissal of our past accomplishments in foreign policy led to the piquant situation of foreign leaders hailing Nehrus contributions at the IndoAfrican Forum Summit and the 50th Anniversary of the Bandung ConferenceBJP fights for power Cong for truth RahulGandhiRecalling the two warring sides of the epic Mahabharat Congress president Rahul Gandhi said the BJP like the Kauravas fought for power while his party on the lines of the Pandavas battled for truth Gandhi said BJP sought to divert peoples attention from issues such as unemployment and farm distress with fancy eventsDemonetisation the greatest lie ChidambaramCongress leader and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Sunday described demonetisation as the greatest lie and accused the BJPled government of virtually destroying the economy There cannot be a greater lie than demonetisation Chidambaram said after presenting the partys economic policy at the Congress plenary He slammed the Reserve Bank of India RBI for not telling the nation the total amount of demonetised currency it got back after Prime Minister Nadrendra Modi declared Rs 1000 and Rs 500 currency illegal in November 2016Catch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever