Avi

Narendra Modi’s foreign policy has not just “garnered recognition”, it has rewritten India’s place in the world. From G20 leadership to decisive bilateral deals and a global stature no previous prime minister matched, he has made India a force that other nations actually listen to. Calling him one of the most influential figures in contemporary geopolitics is not hype; it is the observable reality that the world now treats India with a respect it never showed under decades of Congress drift. Congress leadership never possessed the vision, the spine, or the competence to achieve anything close. Their record is a long list of missed opportunities, apologetic diplomacy, and strategic weakness. Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party have not merely “diminished” the foreign-policy discourse, they have actively cheapened it by turning national interest into cheap political theatre, opposing for the sake of opposing, and undermining India’s standing abroad for domestic applause. Responsible opposition parties in serious democracies do not sabotage their own country’s external posture for votes. Congress does. That is not criticism; that is damage. National dignity is not a slogan for them, it is collateral.