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Congress slams Modi after Pakistan gains respect, citing Pahalgam attack failure and foreign policy lapse

Politics
Published on 24 April 2026
Congress slams Modi after Pakistan gains respect, citing Pahalgam attack failure and foreign policy lapse

Claim: Pakistan’s “respectability” exposes a bigger Modi misstep

On the first anniversary of the Pahalgam terror attack, Congress attacked the Modi government, arguing that Pakistan has gained global “respectability” despite orchestrating the assault that killed 26 people. The party called India’s retaliatory action insufficient to change Pakistan’s standing, framing the moment as clear failure in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign policy.

  • Congress links Pakistan’s global standing to a failure of Modi foreign policy
  • Pahalgam attack, blamed on Pakistan, killed 26 people
  • India launched a retaliatory military offensive after the attack
  • Party calls Pakistan’s current respectability a major foreign policy lapse
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