New Delhi, April 8 -- The Congress on Wednesday criticised the BJP-led Union government for its alleged missteps over the Pakistan-brokered US-Iran war ceasefire, calling on the government for a "unified national approach" to restore India's role as a peacemaker, in coordination with the Opposition.

In a post on X, Congress Foreign Affairs Department President Salman Khurshid released the official statement from the party and condemned the BJP's "missteps, partisan alignment and cowardly silence", accusing it of compromising India's energy security, global relations, moral leadership in the Global South snad standing in Indian Ocean Region.

"The Indian National Congress welcomes the temporary cessation of hostilities as a vital step tow...