'Unfortunate' that Jitin Prasad is being targeted in UP: Kapil Sibal

Speaking with ANI, he noted that the international community currently lacks respected voices capable of exerting the moral and critical pressure necessary to move toward peace, stressing that countries like India, with moral authority, should push for a ceasefire and dialogue.

BJP leaders on Wednesday hit back at Congress over its spokesperson Supriya Shrinate's allegation that Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had resorted to artificial intelligence to show good roads in Assam and said the "entire Cong ecosystem has so much contempt for Assam" and the people of state "will remember this insult".

Sibal also criticised the administration for a perceived lack of long-term planning and foresight regarding India's heavy import dependency and potential supply vulnerabilities in the face of geopolitical instability.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Dinesh Sharma, on Wednesday, commented on the implementation of women's reservation in the parliament, affirming that women's empowerment remains a top priority for the ruling government.

Congress MP Manish Tewari said that invoking of the Essential Commodities Act was over the top and the crisis warranted a full fledged discussion in the House.