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<section class="gmail-title_section gmail-clearfix"><h1 class="gmail-heading1">PM's 'cavalier' conduct of foreign policy hurting India's interests: Congress</h1><div class="gmail-brandwire_txt"></div><span class="gmail-time_cptn"><span><span>PTI</span></span> | <span>Apr 19, 2018, 18:49 IST</span></span><div class="gmail-leftsocial"><div id="gmail-widget-two"><div class="gmail-tpwidget gmail-tpwidget-two"><div class="gmail-tpwidget-float gmail-pos-rel gmail-no-points"><div class="gmail-tp-logo"><img src="https://image.timespoints.iimg.in/tpwidgets/static/dist/images/crown.png"></div><div class="gmail-text-normal gmail-tpwidget-float-head"></div><div class="gmail-ripple"></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-toiwidgets_social"><span class="gmail-fb gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-twitter gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-gplus gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-linkedin gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-pinterest gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-comment-slider gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare gmail-comment-loaded"></span></div></div><div class="gmail-topsocial gmail-actions"><div class="gmail-toiwidgets_social"><span class="email gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-print gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-fontd gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-fonti gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span></div></div></section><div style="margin-bottom:10px" id="gmail-div-gpt-ad-1994947675375-0-63833102"><div id="gmail-google_ads_iframe_/7176/TOI/TOI_India/TOI_ROS_TOP_IND_AS_660_0__container__" style="border:0pt none;display:inline-block;width:660px;height:90px"></div></div><section class="gmail-highlight gmail-clearfix"><img src="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/thumb/msid-63833123,width-400,resizemode-4/63833123.jpg"></section><div class="gmail-article_content gmail-clearfix"><span><div class="gmail-section1"><div class="gmail-Normal">NEW DELHI: The <a class="gmail-key_underline" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Indian-National-Congress">Congress</a> on Thursday hit out at Prime Minister <a class="gmail-key_underline" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</a> over his "cavalier" conduct of foreign policy at the Commonwealth Summit and bilateral meeting with British counterpart <a class="gmail-key_underline" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Theresa-May">Theresa May</a>, saying it is "hurting" India's national interests.
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<br>Congress senior spokesperson <a class="gmail-key_underline" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Anand-Sharma">Anand Sharma</a>
said the prime minister's "boastful" claims on surgical strike
neutralising cross-border terror is "embarrassing" as India continues to
be exposed to multiple terrorist strikes from across the border, losing
officers and soldiers.
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<br>"Prime Minister Modi's cavalier conduct of foreign policy at the
Commonwealth Summit in London and the bilateral meeting with the British
prime minister is hurting India's national interests."
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<br>"He needs a firm reminder that India engages with its strategic
partner countries with maturity and gravitas and does not take sides or
make an uninformed statement on issues of disputes between two strategic
partner countries," he said in a statement.
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<br>Hitting out at the government's policy towards Pakistan, Sharma said
it has been a "disaster" and it was "unbecoming" of a prime minister to
speak out the way he did.
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<br>"The <a class="gmail-key_underline" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/bharatiya-janata-party">BJP</a>
government's Pakistan policy is a disaster. It is both unfortunate and
unbecoming of him to say that India's prime minister speaks to Pakistan
in its own language," he said.
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<br>Sharma said Pakistan is home to a terror syndicate that targets India and its people.
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about surgical strikes on Pakistan to demolish terror training camps and
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