Rahul Gandhi targets PM Narendra Modi on Twitter over failed NSG bid

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi targeted PM Narendra Modi over India's failed NSG bid.

The Congress scion, who is out of India for a short visit, took to social media to take jibe at the prime minister. In his tweet, Rahul equated the failure to gain membership with failed Modi diplomacy. He tweeted "NSG: How to lose a negotiation by Narendra Modi #FailedModiDiplomacy".

NSG: How to lose a negotiation by Narendra Modi #FailedModiDiplomacy

— Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) June 24, 2016

This came after the attack from other Congress leaders at PM Modi. The Congress, who termed the developments at the NSG meet an "embarrassment" to the country and a "huge diplomatic letdown" by the government, questioned the "desperation" to gain membership of the elite nuclear club.

Former union minister Prithviraj Chavan compared the current failed bid to the situation in 2008 when the Nuclear Suppliers Group gave India a waiver. "We are highly disappointed by the outcome of the NSG plenary at Seoul. Government had raised huge expectations. There was last minute flurry of activity by Prime Minister himself, Foreign Minister & various delegations," he said.

Senior Congress spokesperson Anand Sharma also came down hard on the Modi-led government. "We do not know why India showed its desperation and allowed the country to be equated with Pakistan on the issue of NSG membership," Sharma said. He further added, "It's high time that Prime Minister Narendra Modi realises that diplomacy requires gravitas, depth and seriousness. PM Modi needs to realise diplomacy needs depth not public tamasha."