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Debjit Mukherjee: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday said she was “shocked and ashamed” by India abstaining to vote on a resolution passed in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) which called for a humanitarian truce between Israel and Hamas. The resolution also demanded aid access to the Gaza Strip and the protection of civilians.
India abstained from voting on the resolution as there was no mention of the Hamas terrorist group which launched a surprise attack on Israel on October 7.
In a post on X, (formerly Twitter), Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said India abstaining from the UNGA vote “goes against everything our country has stood for throughout its life as a nation”.
“To refuse to take a stand and watch in silence as every law of humanity is pulverised, food, water, medical supplies, communication and power is cut off to millions of people and thousands of men, women and children in Palestine are being annihilated goes against everything our country has stood for throughout its life as a nation,” wrote the Congress leader.
She also quoted Mahatma Gandhi and wrote, “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.”
