Sonia Gandhi says Modi government’s silence on Khamenei killing is abdication

Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi says the Modi government’s silence on the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei is not neutral but abdication, and it raises serious questions about the direction and credibility of India’s foreign policy. She also urges Parliament to debate the disturbing silence when it reconvenes, pressing for a clear and principled stance. On March 1, Iran confirmed that Khamenei had been killed in targeted strikes carried out by the United States and Israel, a development she frames as a grave rupture in contemporary international relations. The emphasis, she argues, should be on defending sovereignty and the rule of law rather than diplomatic platitudes.

Beyond the shock of the event, Gandhi notes New Delhi’s silence: the government has refrained from condemning the assassination or the violation of Iranian sovereignty. She contends that initial reactions focused on Iran’s retaliatory strike on the UAE, with later statements offering only general calls for dialogue and diplomacy—what she views as insufficient in the face of an unprecedented escalation carried out by Israel and the United States.

In a time she describes as a breakdown of international order, Gandhi calls for the government to rediscover moral strength and articulate it with clarity and commitment. She emphasizes the need for an open parliamentary debate on India’s foreign policy direction and sovereignty on the world stage.

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