‘Kept pleading for assist’: BJP’s Nishikant Dubey cites declassified files to slam Nehru’s foreign policy | India News

NEW DELHI: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Monday launched a pointy assault on the Congress, focusing on former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru over his dealing with of the 1962 Indo-China warfare. Referring to Nehru’s appeals throughout the battle, Dubey stated, “Nehru kept pleading for help.”The comment got here in response to the Congress occasion’s criticism of exterior affairs minister S Jaishankar for “informing” Pakistan about Operation Sindoor. In retaliation, Dubey took to X to spotlight what he known as the flawed foreign policy of earlier Congress governments, particularly underneath Nehru.Dubey posted a letter written by Nehru to then US President John F Kennedy, calling it “the second letter written by Iron Lady’s father Nehru ji to the American President during the China war. He kept pleading for help.”

Sarcastically attacking Nehru’s diplomatic method, Dubey added, “Pakistan is a brother, a friend, a good neighbour, we will reach an agreement with them, everything was written. But carefully read the excellent foreign policy of the great Nehru ji.”According to Dubey, the US handed Nehru’s letter to then Pakistani navy ruler Ayub Khan. “America sent this letter to Pakistan’s military ruler Ayub Khan. After seeing this letter, did we give Pakistan a chance to attack India in 1965 or not? What can be said about the person who tells the country’s weaknesses to foreigners, especially Pakistan?”Earlier within the day, Dubey additionally responded to Congress chief Pawan Khera’s submit on X by digging additional into historical past.He referenced one other letter, Nehru’s 1945 communication to British Prime Minister Clement Attlee concerning Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.