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Days after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) reaffirmed the party’s long standing support to the Palestinian cause without mentioning the Hamas attack on Israel, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge Thursday did a balancing act by mentioning the Palestinian militant group and its “brutal attacks” while calling for an immediate ceasefire and humanitarian assistance to the “beleaguered people of Gaza.”
The wording of the October 9 CWC resolution, which made no mention of Hamas or the word “terrorism”, had triggered unease in the party.
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In a statement, Kharge said the “indiscriminate bombing on the hospital in Gaza and residential areas resulting in the loss of hundreds of lives of innocent men, women and children is both unjustifiable and a grave humanitarian tragedy for which the perpetrators must be held accountable.”
He said the Congress had on October 8 “condemned the brutal attacks by Hamas on the people of Israel”. He was referring to the official reaction of the Congress issued by the party’s communication head Jairam Ramesh. Ramesh’s reaction did not have any mention of Hamas or terror.
While referring to the Hamas attacks, Kharge said “also unacceptable are the indiscriminate actions by Israel’s military forces in civilian areas, that includes a siege of the Gaza Strip and bombings in it.”
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