Ashok Gehlot slams Centre’s silence on U.S. attack on Iranian warship in Indian Ocean

Ashok Gehlot, a veteran Congress leader, criticized the Indian government for its silence on the U.S. submarine attack that sank the Iranian warship, IRIS Dena, near Sri Lanka. He argued that India's strength lies in its independent voice and questioned whether staying silent on the incident would go against India's cultural ethos of hospitality and military pride. Gehlot cited past instances of India asserting itself against external pressure, including the 2013 Devyani Khobragade case, to emphasize his point.