Former external affairs minister Salman Khurshid asked the government if there was improvement or expectation of improvement in bilateral relations from the Pakistan side.
"The government should tell in clear terms what is the change in the situation ... Whether an improvement has happened from the earlier situation. What will our foreign secretary talk (about)," he said.
Referring to BJP's "biryani diplomacy" remarks during the UPA tenure, the Congress leader asked, "BJP used to say such things. What we fed the Pakistani leaders? I want to ask whether a decision has been taken not to have biryani when you go there."
Foreign secretary Sujatha Singh (left) with foreign minister Sushma Swaraj.
Khurshid attacked the government over its foreign policy, saying it "lacks depth and serious approach", warning that "diplomacy is not about foolhardiness".
"There is a clear case of hypocrisy. I am not saying that every party is 100% same when it is the ruling party and when it is in Opposition. But there is a limit. BJP raised the pitch on foreign policy so much that now they are wondering what to say. The Prime Minister should say in his Independence Day speech that they committed a mistake," he said.
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