India, March 5 -- Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Thursday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not issuing a statement on the sinking of the Iranian warship, IRIS Dena, by the US in the Indian Ocean.

Gandhi claimed that the intensifying conflict between the US and Iran has "reached our backyard" and questioned the absence of a remark from the prime minister. Follow IRIS Dena sinking live updates

IRIS Dena, one of Iran's newest warships, sank after a US submarine torpedoed it in the waters near Sri Lanka on Wednesday. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the incident and said that it gave the vessel a "quiet death".

In a post on X, the LoP wrote, "The world has entered a volatile p...