Spokesperson: Ms. Supriya Shrinate: AICC Chairperson of the Social Media and Digital Platforms, Ms Supriya Shrinate condoled the death of Aditya Sharma, Shivanand Chuarasiya and Patnala Suresh and expressed profound sympathies with the bereaved families. She said that that Congress Party strongly condemned the brutal murder of three Indian seafarers by the United States and questioned Prime Minister Modi’s abject silence on the tragedy. The Party also accused Modi of compromising the country’s sovereignty, independence and dignity by not even registering a strong protest against such brutal murders with the United States.

She pointed out, quite contrary to the claims made by Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar that India had registered strong objections, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had neither expressed any regret nor any sympathies for the bereaved families but had instead threatened further that it can do the same thing in future.

She said that India should have demanded a formal apology, compensation for the families and assurances regarding the safety of Indian sailors working in the region. She also argued that New Delhi should have considered postponing engagements related to ongoing India-US trade negotiations in light of the incident.

The Congress spokesperson further noted that the government’s handling of the issue reflected weaknesses in India’s foreign policy and questioned whether the Prime Minister would raise the matter with US President Donald Trump during his forthcoming interaction along the sidelines of the G-7 summit in Paris.

Ms Shrinate asserted that international laws were strongly in favour of India as US had violated the Geneva Convention and the Charter 38 of the United Nations. She demanded that India must raise the matter in the international forums. Monday, June 15, 2026