Alappuzha, April 5 -- Congress leader KC Venugopal on Sunday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks accusing the Congress of politicising the impact of the West Asia crisis.

He alleged that the government had followed the advice of the United States and claimed that the government's stance in the West Asia crisis had not helped in dealing with the challenges faced by Indians.

"That is also a big tamasha... This crisis of Gulf countries and the crisis of Indians residing in the Gulf countries happened due to our foreign policy. The India government didn't have a clear-cut policy on all these things," he said when asked about PM Modi's remarks accusing Congress of politicising the impact of the West Asia crisis.

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