Archive · 5 Oct 2026
Aiyar Says India Is Isolated and Foreign Policy Directionless
Mani Shankar Aiyar, a former minister and Congress leader, spoke at a gathering in Srinagar.
He said the world’s relationships between countries are changing quickly.
In his view, India has become isolated and its foreign policy has lost direction and morality.
He said India should make peace with Pakistan and settle border issues with China.
He also criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Tel Aviv and India’s relationship with Israel.
Aiyar said India should have something valuable to offer other countries.
He argued that relying on military strength while importing many arms would not make India truly independent in its decisions.
These were Aiyar’s opinions, not statements presented as an official government response.
At a Srinagar conclave, Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar said India had become isolated amid changes in the international order.
Aiyar described the government’s foreign policy as confused, transactional and lacking morality and direction.
He said India should make peace with Pakistan and resolve boundary issues with China.
Aiyar criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Tel Aviv and India’s relationship with Israel.
He argued that India needs a meaningful contribution to offer the world to support strategic autonomy.
- Who
- Former Union minister and Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar.
- What
- Aiyar criticized India's foreign policy, calling the country isolated and its approach directionless.
- When
- Sunday.
- Where
- The 5th Halla Bolle conclave in Srinagar.
- Why
- Aiyar said the international order is changing and argued that India lacks moral purpose and a clear foreign policy direction.
- Speaker
- Mani Shankar Aiyar, former Union minister and Congress leader
- Event
- 5th Halla Bolle conclave
- Location
- Srinagar
- Main criticism
- Aiyar said India was isolated and its foreign policy lacked morality and direction.
- Regional issues raised
- Aiyar called for peace with Pakistan and resolution of boundary issues with China.
- Israel visit
- Aiyar criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Tel Aviv and India's relationship with Israel.
- Strategic autonomy
- Aiyar argued that India needs something meaningful to offer the world and questioned reliance on military power alongside arms imports.