India, March 1 -- As the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in joint US-Israeli strikes sent shockwaves through the region, opposition parties in India trained their fire on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, attacking his government's silence on the assassination and accusing him of abandoning India's traditional foreign policy posture.

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The most pointed reaction came from Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera, who wrote on X, "The silence of the Modi Govt on the targeted assassination of Ayatollah Khameini and other Iranian leaders demonstrates its abdication of moral leadership and its reluctance to say anything remotely critical of the US and Israel. It is a complete betraya...