New Delhi- The Congress on Wednesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is maintaining a complete silence on the“horrific atrocities” in Gaza and this is“moral cowardice” and“total betrayal” of all that India has stood for.

In a post on X, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh wrote,“To appease his good friend President Trump and in solidarity with his other good friend Bibi Netanyahu, Prime Minister Modi has welcomed President Trump's new 20-point plan for Gaza.”

But fundamental and disturbing questions on the plan remain, he said.

“Where are the people of Gaza themselves in the system of governance proposed? Where is the roadmap for a full-fledged Palestinian state to come into being,” the Congress leader asked.

He also asked how much longer will the US and Israel continue to ignore Palestinian statehood – which has already been recognised by 157 member-countries of the UN with India having led the way in November 1988.

“Where is the accountability for the genocide that has been carried out in Gaza over the past twenty months?” he wrote.

“The PM has maintained a complete silence on the horrific atrocities that have led to the killing of tens of thousands of civilians in Gaza. This is extreme moral cowardice and a total betrayal of all that India has stood for,” Ramesh said.

Congress leader Pawan Khera also said any attempt to undermine the genocide that people of Palestine have endured deserves contempt and condemnation.

“Any plan that undermines the agency of the long-oppressed Palestinian people and fails to ensure accountability for the genocide they have endured since 2023 is deserving of contempt and condemnation.

“True justice can be restored only through the establishment of the Palestinian state. Everything else is a mere smokescreen to perpetuate the occupation,” Khera said in a post on X.

The Congress has been questioning the silence of the Modi government on“atrocities” in Gaza.

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