New Delhi, Oct 28: After India abstained from the UN resolution calling for a humanitarian truce in the ongoing Israeli offensive in Gaza, Opposition including Congress, NCP, and CPI called out the government for not favoring the resolution.

 

 

CPI(M)and CPI in a Joint statement said, "India's abstention on a resolution that was overwhelmingly adopted shows the extent to which Indian foreign policy is being shaped by being a subordinate ally of US imperialism and the Modi government's actions for consolidating the US- Israel-India nexus. This negates India's longstanding support to the Palestinian cause" said a statement issued by both parties.

CPI(M) and CPI in a statement further said that as the United Nations General Assembly adopted this resolution, Israel has stepped up its genocidal air and ground attacks in the Gaza Strip. It has also cut off all communications in Gaza which is home to 2.2 million Palestinians.

 

"Respecting the overwhelming mandate of the UN General Assembly there must be an immediate ceasefire. The United Nations must reenergize itself to implement the mandate of the Security Council for a 2-State solution with pre-1967 borders with East Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Palestine" the CPI(M) & CPI said.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday said she was "shocked and ashamed" by India abstaining to vote on a resolution passed in UNGA. In a post on X, (formerly Twitter), Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said India abstaining from the UNGA vote "goes against everything our country has stood for throughout its life as a nation".

"To refuse to take a stand and watch in silence as every law of humanity is pulverised, food, water, medical supplies, communication and power is cut off to millions of people and thousands of men, women and children in Palestine are being annihilated goes against everything our country has stood for throughout its life as a nation," wrote the Congress leader. She also quoted Mahatma Gandhi and wrote, "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."

Nationalist Congress Party founder Sharad Pawar also lashed out at India’s stand, saying that this was a "shift in India's policy" towards the Palestine issue and adding that "thousands of people" are dying there. He added that India has never supported the Israeli cause.

 

India on Friday abstained from voting in the UNGA on a Jordan-drafted resolution titled 'protection of civilians and upholding legal and humanitarian obligations' that called for an immediate humanitarian truce in the Israel-Hamas conflict and unhindered humanitarian access in the Gaza strip. The 193-member General Assembly adopted the resolution that called for an immediate, durable, and sustained humanitarian truce leading to a cessation of hostilities.