CWC flags Pakistan ‘rehabilitation’, backs ceasefire

New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Friday welcomed the ceasefire in West Asia and called for a peaceful resolution through dialogue, even as it criticised the Modi government's stance on the conflict, alleging it gave Pakistan space to rehabilitate its global image.

A CWC resolution also alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Israel on the eve of the war "created a perception of political endorsement of military escalation and of an incumbent far-right government...".

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Targeting the government's foreign policy, the resolution said, "The BJP government's myopic, xenophobic and unprincipled internationalism has not only alienated India from its neighbours but also undermined decades of efforts by successive governments to diplomatically isolate Pakistan. By ceding strategic and diplomatic space, the BJP government has handed Pakistan room to rehabilitate its global image and whitewash its track record of fomenting regional instability through support for cross-border terrorism..."