The Congress party on Tuesday hit out at the Narendra Modi government after Iran dropped India from the Chabahar rail project. Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi wrote on Twitter that the development was a big loss for India while taking a dig at the Modi government by saying, “But you can’t ask questions!”
Here’s what Singhvi tweeted: “India dropped from Chahbar Port deal. This is the diplomacy of the Modi Govt that won laurels even without getting the work done, China worked quietly but gave them a better deal. Big loss for India. But you can’t ask questions! (sic)”
Singhvi also tagged a report by The Hindu in his tweet which said that Tehran had decided to go ahead with the construction of the rail line following alleged delays from the Indian government with regard to funding.
The Indian government had inked a deal with Iran four years ago to build a rail line from Chabahar port to Zahedan, along the Iran-Afghanistan border.
It may be recalled that the Chabahar-Zahedan rail project was to be executed by the Iranian Railways and Indian Railways Construction Ltd (IRCON), as part of a trilateral deal between India, Iran and Afghanistan. The agreement aims to give shape to an alternate trade route to Afghanistan and Central Asia.
The Chabahar agreement was signed in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Iranian President Rouhani and Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani in Tehran in May 2016.
Source : Economic Times
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