The Congress on Monday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks about international organizations during a podcast with Lex Fridman, alleging that he was using “President Donald Trump’s language” merely to “keep him in good humour”.
On his social media handle X, party General Secretary Jairam Ramesh said, “Multilateralism needs reforms but does not deserve wholesale condemnation of the type President Trump and Prime Minister Modi are indulging in”.
It may be mentioned that during an interaction with Lex Fridman on Sunday, Modi had highlighted the irrelevance of international organisations like the UN “due to a lack of reforms and the disregard for international laws”.
“Mr. Modi clearly is going out of his way to keep Mr. Trump in good humour,” Ramesh said.
“He says international organisations, from which India has benefitted immensely, have become irrelevant. This is the US President’s language. In fact, it is Trump who is doing his best to make them irrelevant and now Mr. Modi is repeating ‘his good friend’s’ chant,” Ramesh said.
Ramesh said, “Is the WHO not good for India? Is the WTO not good for India? Is the Paris Agreement on Climate Change not good for India? Has the UN, inspite of all its weaknesses, not provided for opportunities for Indian peacekeepers abroad?”
