The government should practise in India what it preaches to the world, Congress leader P Chidambaram said, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed on democracy and freedom of thought at a G7 meet.
“PM Modi’s speech at the G7 Outreach meeting is inspiring as well as ironic. The Modi government should practise in India what it preaches to the world,” Chidambaram tweeted in response. He added that it was “sad” the prime minister was the only guest not physically present at the outreach meeting.
Prime Minister Modi on Sunday said India is a naturalally for the G7 and its partners in defending democracy, freedom of thought and liberty from a host of threats stemming from authoritarianism, terrorism, violent extremism and economic coercion.
The former Union minister said, “We are the most infected and least vaccinated country.” The prime minister made a virtual address at an outreach session of a summit of the Group of Seven (G7) richest democracies held in Cornwall in Britain.