‘PM who travelled the most on taxpayers’ money’: Mahua Moitra targets Modi’s five-nation tour; cites Munir-Trump meet | India News
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra launched a scathing critique of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s five-nation foreign tour, questioning its diplomatic value and raising concerns about India’s international standing under his leadership.In a video shared by PTI, Moitra said, “Honourable Prime Minister has left yet again on another very long foreign tour. Few questions for the Honourable Prime Minister for the globe-trotting Prime Minister.”She questioned the effectiveness of PM Modi’s diplomacy, saying, “Mr. Prime Minister, you’ve probably been the one Prime Minister who’s travelled the most on taxpayers’ money apparently cementing India in the global world order and making sure that we are in prime position.”Referring to recent international developments, Moitra pointedly asked, “How is it that after all your diplomatic outreach and after all of India’s efforts that today the leader of the free world is openly professing love for what is known as a terror hub, is having meals with its army chief and worst of all India and Pakistan have been hyphenated together — something that was unthinkable even 10 years ago. Today the Prime Minister of India and the Prime Minister of Pakistan are being spoken of in the same breath.”She further asked why India’s foreign policy had failed to isolate Pakistan globally. “How is it after all your efforts Mr. Prime Minister and after the efforts of our external affairs ministry, after all diplomatic efforts, we have been unable to diplomatically isolate Pakistan?”Moitra also targeted the PM over US president Donald Trump’s repeated claims of brokering the ceasefire between India and Pakistan. “This Operation Sindoor that was carried out with much fanfare in which 140 crore Indians including all opposition parties backed you 100%, came to a ceasefire with the President of the United States announcing this was the operation of success — was the operation a failure? At what timing was it decided that a ceasefire would be called? And at whose decision was this?”She further by pointed at the ongoing international financial support for Pakistan. “Multilateral organisations like the World Bank, like the IMF, are bailing out Pakistan with billions of dollars. In the face of them doing what they have to India, we have either been completely unable to convince them or Pakistan’s just done a better job than we have.”Prime Minister Modi departed on July 2 for a five-nation tour to Ghana, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Brazil, and Namibia.
