Kasganj, June 12 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday criticised the central government's foreign policy following the death of three Indian seafarers in an attack on the Palau-flagged vessel, MT Settebello. The ship was targeted off the coast of Oman, near the Strait of Hormuz.

Talking to the reporters, Akhilesh Yadav asserted that if the Indian government had succeeded in stopping the war, the Prime Minister would have rightfully earned the title of "Vishwa Guru" on the global stage.

"This was a lapse in India's foreign policy. Had India stood firm and succeeded in preventing the war, no lives would have been lost today... It was India's responsibility to prevent the war. Had the Indian government stopped the war, th...