New Delhi, March 23 -- Senior Congres leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday slammed the Narendra Modi government over its diplomatic measures amid the West Asia conflict, questioning the Centre for not utilising global platforms such as the BRICS+ bloc.

In a post on X, he reiterated the claims that Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not want to "antagonise" the US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, attributing it to the government not advancing the summit, set to be hosted by India this year, as a diplomatic initiative to mitigate the conflict.

"The 18th annual BRICS+ Summit will take place in New Delhi under India's Presidency later this year. Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Argentina, Egypt, Ethi...