Broken country turned into 'broker country' due to 'self-styled' Vishwaguru's failures: Cong

NEW DELHI: (Mar 26) The Congress on Thursday took a dig at the Modi government over its “dalaal nation” reference to Pakistan’s reported mediation in the West Asia conflict, saying "the self-styled Vishwaguru's" diplomacy and narrative failures have turned a "broken country into a broker country".

Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the dapper and long-experienced External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is doing his best to cover up India's "extreme embarrassment" and the setback to its regional diplomacy from Pakistan's emergence as a mediator and facilitator of talks to end the current war in West Asia.

"It is truly atrocious that Pakistan is being considered fit for the role. This is a country whose state has orchestrated terrorism in India and other countries for over four decades; given sanctuary to Osama bin Laden and other dreaded global terrorists for decades and egregiously broken nuclear non-proliferation laws to help other countries go nuclear.