‘You are not a star campaigner in US polls’: Cong hits out at PM over ‘Trump Sarkar’ call

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Updated: Sep 23, 2019 13:55 IST

The Congress has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of violating Indian foreign policy’s “time honoured principle” of not interfering in the domestic elections of another country by campaigning for US President Donald Trump at the HowdyModi event in Houston.

Mr Prime Minister, you have violated the time honoured principle of Indian foreign policy of not interfering in the domestic elections of another country. This is a singular disservice to the long-term strategic interests of India. — Anand Sharma (@AnandSharmaINC) September 22, 2019

In a series of tweets, Congress senior spokesperson Anand Sharma said Modi was in the US as India’s prime minister, and not a star campaigner in the US elections. “Mr Prime Minister, you have violated the time honoured principle of Indian foreign policy of not interfering in the domestic elections of another country. This is a singular disservice to the long-term strategic interests of India,” Sharma said on Twitter after the Howdy Modi event in Texas on Sunday night.

Our relationship with the United States of America have throughout been bipartisan, vis-à-vis Republicans and Democrats. Your actively campaigning for Trump is a breach of both India and America as sovereign nations and democracies. — Anand Sharma (@AnandSharmaINC) September 22, 2019

“Our relationship with the United States of America have throughout been bipartisan, vis-à-vis Republicans and Democrats. Your actively campaigning for Trump is a breach of both India and America as sovereign nations and democracies,” he added.

Reminding you that you are in the USA as our Prime Minister and not a star campaigner in US elections. — Anand Sharma (@AnandSharmaINC) September 22, 2019

Sharma’s party colleague, P Chidambaram, who is in Tihar jail on charges of alleged corruption, also took a dig at the prime minister over his “Everything is fine in India” remark in Houston.

बेरोजगारी, कम वेतन, भीड़ हिंसा, कश्मीर में तालाबंदी, मौजूदा नौकरियों के खत्म होने और विपक्षी नेताओं को जेल में डालने के अलावा भारत में सब अच्छा है — P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) September 23, 2019

“Bharat mai sab achha hai. Except for unemployment, loss of existing jobs, lower wages, mob violence, lockdown in Kashmir and throwing Opposition leaders in prison,” Chidambaram tweeted through his family.