India, March 3 -- Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson and Rajya Sabha member Sonia Gandhi questioned the timing of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Israel in the wake of the joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran and slammed the Centre's 'silence' on the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

She said that silence in this matter is "not neutral", citing that Khamenei's killing violated the rules of the UN charter. In an article published in The Indian Express, Sonia Gandhi said that no clear remarks from India on the targeted killing of a foreign leader "raises serious doubts about the direction and credibility of our foreign policy". Follow live updates on US-Iran war's impact on India

She cited Article 2(4) of...