Centre should practise what it preaches: Congress leaders hit out at Modi on his speech at G7 summit

Congress leaders on Monday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his speech at the G7 summit, where he said that India was a natural ally of the group in defending “shared values” from authoritarianism, terrorism and violent extremism, disinformation and economic coercion.

In a tweet, Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram said the Modi government should practise what it preaches to the world. “PM Modi’s speech at the G7 Outreach meeting is inspiring as well as ironic,” he tweeted.

The Congress leader also said it was sad that Modi was the only leader who did not attend the summit physically. “Because India is an outlier as far as the fight against Covid 19 is concerned,” he said, answering why the prime minister did not participate in the event physically. “We are the most infected and least vaccinated country (as a proportion of the population).”