The BJP has hit out at Congress leader Sonia Gandhi over her article criticizing the Centre's response to the Gaza conflict.
BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla accused Sonia of reducing India's foreign policy to 'vote bank Niti' and defended the union government's ties with both Israel and Palestine.
Poonawalla said that India currently maintains good relations with both countries and highlighted Prime Minister Narendra Modi receiving Palestine's highest civilian honour.
He accused Sonia of misleading and putting vote bank Niti over Videsh Niti, saying that New Delhi was not following a policy of non-alignment but rather a policy of multi-alignment.
Sonia had argued that India's response to the Gaza conflict was against both its 'morality' and 'national interest', and that the country 'remains the lone voice of silence'.
