The Congress party criticises the government's abstention from the UNGA vote on a Gaza ceasefire. Mallikarjun Kharge and other leaders call it a departure from India's foreign policy. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra deems the abstention shameful. Pawan Khera accuses the government of moral cowardice. K C Venugopal questions the shift in India's stance.
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