New Delhi, April 27 -- Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday criticised the NDA government over the outcome of the recent BRICS meeting held in New Delhi, alleging that India's stance on the Israel-Palestine issue led to the failure in issuing a joint statement and isolated the country diplomatically.
In a statement, Ramesh said that the April 23-24 meeting of Deputy Foreign Ministers and Special Envoys from BRICS nations concluded without a joint communique, attributing the deadlock partly to differences among member states, including Iran and the United Arab Emirates over the ongoing conflict in West Asia. However, he claimed that a key reason for the impasse was India's insistence on softening the language concerning Israel and...