Yashwant criticises Modi for aligning with G4

September 27, 2015 00:31

Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has criticised the Narendra Modi government for following the footsteps of its predecessor UPA dispensation and aligning with Germany, Japan and Brazil in its quest for permanent membership of UN Security Council.

Sinha, a former external affairs minister, said India could have taken a path different from the G4 and need not have pursued the grouping with the "vigour" with which it is doing now.

Modi made a "mistake" by continuing with UPA's strategy of relying on G4, Sinha said, adding that it was one thing to align with developing countries and another to include two developed countries -- Germany and Japan -- in this group.

Asked if Modi should have pursued the UNSC permanent membership case differently rather than following Manmohan Singh government, Sinha said, "Yes, I would agree with that. The more we show the unity of G4, the greater will be the opposition to new inductions as permanent members and the chances will recede further.

"We need not have pursued the G4 with the vigour with which we are doing," Sinha told Karan Thapar on India Today TV when asked if this was a foreign policy mistake on India's part.

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