'Striking Similarities With Pakistan, Taliban': Assam CM Himanta Sarma Slams Congress Resolution Supporting Palestine

Sarma slammed the Congress for affirming its support for the rights of the Palestinian people to land and self-government, saying the CWC resolution 'has striking similarities' with Pakistan.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday slammed the Congress after its top decision-making body, the Congress Working Committee (CWC), affirmed its support for the rights of the Palestinian people to land, self-government, and to live with dignity. Sarma said that the grand old party’s resolution “has striking similarities” with Pakistan and the Taliban’s statements. He further said that sacrificing the nation’s interest to the politics of appeasement is in Congress’s DNA.

Congress’s resolution has striking similarities with statements of Pakistan & Taliban

All 3
❌Do not condemn Hamas
❌Do not deplore terror attack on Israel
❌Silent on hostages - women & children

Sacrificing the nation’s interest to politics of appeasement is in Cong’s DNA. pic.twitter.com/9ykMvQk4WL

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) October 11, 2023

The Assam CM took to X and said, "Congress’s resolution has striking similarities with statements of Pakistan & Taliban. Sacrificing the nation’s interest to politics of appeasement is in Congress’s DNA." Israel witnessed a surprise and unprecedented attack by Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, in its southern parts on Saturday morning. More than 1,100 people have been killed and thousands wounded on both sides.

The BJP leader’s remarks came two days after the CWC, in a resolution passed at its four-hour meeting on Monday, expressed its dismay and anguish over the war that has broken out in the Middle East, where over a thousand people have been killed in the last two days.

Earlier, the BJP slammed Congress after CWC affirmed its support for the rights of the Palestinian people. The saffron party accused the Congress of supporting terror organisations and called the CWC resolution on the Israel war "a classic example of how Indian foreign policy was hostage to Congress’s minority vote bank politics" before Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power.

In a post on X, Union minister Pralhad Joshi asked how will Congress protect the nation and its citizens when it is "openly standing with violence".

"Congress at it again! Supporting terror organisations and terrorism while innocent civilians lose their lives to bullets. With this stand, the leading party of I.N.D.I Alliance has exposed itself to the nation. How will the party protect its nation and citizens when it is openly standing with violence," Joshi said.