New Delhi, March 24 -- Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday slammed the government's handling of the ongoing West Asia conflict and India's diplomatic posture, calling recent developments a "severe setback" for the country.

Taking to social media platform X, Ramesh said, "Multiple reports in leading international media outlets have identified Pakistan as one of the intermediaries being used between the US and Israel on one side and Iran on the other. If these reports are true, they represent a severe setback and rebuff to India -- and it is all attributable to the self-styled Vishwaguru."

He asserted that "For over a year, it has been abundantly clear that in spite of our undoubted military successes in Operation Sindoor, the sad re...