shirin abbas, who said this would never have happened in the past. i would definitely say that that india in the reign of... under the prime ministership of somebody like rajiv gandhi, like indira gandhi, like jawaharlal nehru would never have come out so openly for israel and even in the even till the time of atal bihari vajpayi, prime minister atal bihari bajpeyi india would have been very cautious in making their stand and not just openly come out the way it has in this, but lot has to do with as i said the general elections going to take place next year and they need to polarize their votes and somewhere they have understood that you know their world image their their... within the country image all works a lot better if they they come out in you know as a far right party than as a as stowing the middle line and that is a stance that the government has taken personally do not approve of it but then who cares actually you know the this is a prime minister who has not been present any press has not held a press conference in years, so they don't re

shirin abbas who said this would never have happened in the past. i would definitely say that that india in the rain of under the prime ministership of somebody like rajiv gandhi like indira gandhi like jawaharlal nehru would never have come out so openly for israel and even in the even till the time of atal bihari vajpay prime minister atal bihari bajpayi india would have been very cautious in making their stand and not just to openly come out the way it has in this, but lot has to do with as i said the general elections going to take place next year and they need to polarize their votes and somewhere they have. stood that you know their world image, their their within the country image all works a lot better if they they come out in you know as a far right party than as stowing the middle line and that is a stance that the government has taken personally do not approve of it but then who cares actually you know this is a minister who has not been present any press, has not held a press conference in years, so they don't really care, they have thei