New Delhi, July 29 -- The Congress party on Tuesday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not speaking out on the Gaza crisis, calling his silence "deeply disappointing" and the "height of moral cowardice."

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge repeated the views of Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, who wrote in an opinion piece in Dainik Jagran on Monday that the Modi-led government had been a "silent spectator in the Gaza crisis."

In a post on X, Kharge said, "This is the height of moral cowardice. The time has come for him to raise a strong voice, in clear and bold words, on behalf of the legacy that India has represented. Today, the Global South is once again awaiting India's leadership on this issue that ...