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Understand Government's Desire to Take Cautious Stand, India Must Make Call for Peace: Tharoor on West Asia Conflict
Senior Congress leaders back India's cautious approach to preserve strategic autonomy and energy security amid West Asia conflict affecting millions of Indians, including 9 million expatriates.
- On Thursday, Shashi Tharoor in New Delhi urged the Indian government to publicly call on both US and Israel and Iran to end the war quickly, understanding the government's cautious stance.
- On February 28, the conflict began when US and Israel carried out coordinated strikes inside Iran prompting Iranian responses across the Gulf, raising fears for energy routes, which India monitors closely.
- Tharoor warned that shortages have closed dhabas and disrupted 'haleem', linking these to LPG and LNG imports and stressing 9 million Indian citizens in the Gulf are a priority.
- A split surfaced as Manish Tewari, Congress MP, supported the Modi-led Union government’s calibrated stance, Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition, criticised silence, and Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri signed the condolence book Thursday.
- Framing India's posture as strategic autonomy, Tharoor wrote restraint balances principle with pragmatism and invoked non-alignment in a multipolar 2026.
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