Hyderabad, June 14 -- Congress attacked the Narendra Modi-led Union government for abstaining from the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The outstanding majority of the member states were in favour of the resolution, with 149 countries supporting the ceasefire. India was among the nineteen states that abstained.

Considering the prior precedence of Indian support for Palestine, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge felt the country now stands "virtually isolated", questioning whether India's stance against genocide, war, and injustice has changed in recent years. He demanded that Union external affairs minister S Jaishankar face accountability for his "blunders" in Indian foreign...