New Delhi, July 14: Congress today said government's decision not to send indian troops to Iraq "vindicated" its stand on the issue.
"The government, at the long last, has taken a decision
not to send Indian troops to Iraq. The principled stand of the
Congress party has been vindicated. The government has done
right thing", party spokesman S Jaipal Reddy told reporters.
Reddy said it was the Congress party which took a
principled stand against sending Indian troops and that
Congress president Sonia Gandhi had written a letter in this
regard to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Gandhi, in her june five letter had reminded Vajpayee
about the unanimous resolution passed in Parliament against
committing Indians troops in Iraq and said any such move
would be in violation of the resolution.
Bureau Report
