SCO Summit: Opposition urges caution, cites Pakistan-China ‘jugalbandi’

SCO Summit: Opposition urges caution, cites Pakistan-China ‘jugalbandi’

WHILE Congress’s communication head Jairam Ramesh accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “cowardly kowtowing” to Beijing and being silent on what he called was the Pakistan-China “jugalbandi,” party leader Shashi Tharoor struck a more nuanced note saying Modi’s engagement with Chinese President Xi Jinping was a “necessary step” towards “restoring the balance” and he was confident the Government will “stand our ground.” His party colleagues, former External Affairs minister Salman Khurshid and Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari, cautioned the Government against adopting a “knee-jerk foreign policy” just because India is

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