By IANS
New Delhi : India’s ruling Congress party Saturday asked the government to expand its aid and emergency relief programme to the Palestinian authorities.
Noting that the Congress has remained “unwavering” in its support to the Palestinian cause right from the days of India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) resolution said:
“The Congress has always supported the establishment of sovereign, independent viable state of Palestine, within well-defined and recognised borders, living side-by-side at peace with the state of Israel through a negotiated solution to the conflict there.”
The resolution added: “The AICC calls upon the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government to expand its aid and emergency relief programme to the Palestinian authorities.”