Sonia Gandhi condemns Indian government's silence on Gaza

Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has sharply criticized the Indian government's foreign policy regarding the conflict in Gaza, accusing it of a "stony silence" that she argues undermines both the country's moral standing and its strategic interests. In an opinion article published on Saturday, June 27, 2026, Gandhi, the chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party, described the government's position as both morally reprehensible and strategically bewildering.

Gandhi argued that India's traditional commitment to postcolonial solidarity and international peace has been abandoned, leaving the country isolated as global opinion shifts against Israel's military actions. She cited a June 2026 report from the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, now headed by retired Indian jurist Justice S. Muralidhar, which she said reiterates that Israeli actions are intended to destroy the Palestinian population in Gaza by targeting children. The report, she noted, documents extensive devastation, including the deaths of at least 20,000 children and injuries to 44,000 more, alongside the destruction of schools and healthcare...