New Delhi: Close on the heels of a successful Israel trip by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a prominent Naga leader and a former Congress MP Khyamo Lotha has said that improved India-Israel relations would go down well for Christians as Jerusalem is a place of pilgrimage for Christians.
Sources close to 77-year-old former Congress MP in Rajya Sabha told UNI here that the aging politician had raised the issue on the need for improvement in Indo-Israel relations way back in 1991.
“During Parliament debate and otherwise, Khyamo Lotha had strongly pitched for improved and qualitative boost in bilateral relations between India and Israel in 1991 during the stint of Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao,” a source said.
“Our MP, now retired from active politics, was possibly the first among Congress leaders to raise the issue that India must have diplomatic relation with Israel.
Prior to establishment of bilateral ties, Christians could not go to Israel, even with diplomatic passports,” the source said. (UNI)
Sources close to 77-year-old former Congress MP in Rajya Sabha told UNI here that the aging politician had raised the issue on the need for improvement in Indo-Israel relations way back in 1991.
“During Parliament debate and otherwise, Khyamo Lotha had strongly pitched for improved and qualitative boost in bilateral relations between India and Israel in 1991 during the stint of Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao,” a source said.
“Our MP, now retired from active politics, was possibly the first among Congress leaders to raise the issue that India must have diplomatic relation with Israel.
Prior to establishment of bilateral ties, Christians could not go to Israel, even with diplomatic passports,” the source said. (UNI)
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