Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said the
Congress, which had passed a resolution in support of Palestine regarding the
ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, should make coalition governments in
Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The Congress should have condemned the ‘terror’ attack
by Hamas on Israel before speaking about Palestine, the chief minister told
reporters in Jorhat.
“They should have criticised the Hamas for taking
women and children hostage and then could have spoken about Palestine,” he
said.
CM Himanta said the Congress resolution does not have
any mention of terrorism, Hamas, women and children as hostages, but only
Palestine, which is similar to the statement of Pakistan.
“If you ask me, the Congress should form its next
government in coalition with the Taliban in Afghanistan or with Imran Khan or
Shahbaz Sharif in Pakistan,” said the Assam CM.
The chief minister had earlier slammed the Congress
over the CWC resolution on Israel-Hamas conflict and equated the opposition
party’s statement to that of Pakistan and Taliban’s position.
In a post on X, Sarma had said the Congress, Pakistan
and Taliban “do not condemn” Hamas or deplore terror attack on Israel and are
silent on women and children being taken hostages.
Sarma had alleged that sacrificing the nation’s
interest to politics of appeasement is in the Congress DNA.
On the attacks by Hamas on Israeli cities, MEA
spokesperson Arindam Bagchi had on Thursday said India considers them as
terrorist strikes.
To a question on India’s position on the Palestine
issue, he said New Delhi always advocated resumption of direct talks towards
establishment of a sovereign, independent and viable state of Palestine living
side-by-side and at peace with Israel.
PTI
