Rejaul Karim Laskar is an Indian politician from the Indian state of Assam belonging to Indian National Congress. He is a Congress ideologue . He has written extensively in favour of UPA Government's policies . He is also a prominent author and scholar of India’s foreign policy and diplomacy .
At present, he is the Observer (Minority Department) of All India Congress Committee for Meghalaya, Nagaland and Mizoram. He is also former Spokesperson of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee and former Secretary of AICC Vichar Vibhag (the Intellectual Department of the All India Congress Committee) .
Activities as a Congress ideologue
As an ideologue of the Congress party, Laskar has written extensively to popularize the foreign policy of the Congress party led UPA Government . He asserts that “the ultimate objective” of the foreign policy of the UPA Government has been “to shape India’s external environment” in a way that enhances India’s security and brings about its “rapid, sustainable and inclusive” economic growth . He claims that by means of an “enlightened" foreign policy, carried out through "dynamic and effective" diplomacy, the UPA Government has “successfully promoted” India’s interests on a “broad range of issues, including trade, development, economic recovery, climate change, energy security and counter terrorism” .