PM Narendra Modi addresses party workers after BJP win in four statesNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday, explained the reason for India’s neutral stand on the Ukraine-Russia conflict. Addressing party workers after the BJP registered a massive win in four of the five states, PM said that India is on the side of ‘peace’.”India has a connection with countries involved in the war – economically, security-wise, education-wise, and politically as well. India’s several needs are connected to these countries,” PM Modi said in his victory speech at BJP headquarters in New Delhi. PM explained that India has relations with both nations and said that it was important to stand for peace and dialogue.”The ongoing war is affecting every country across the world. India is on side of peace and hopes that all problems are resolved with deliberations,” PM Modi said.India, China, and 34 other countries abstained from a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution that censured Russia over its military actions in Ukraine. India also abstained from US-sponsored resolution against Russia’s military actions in Ukraine.PM has also spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin as well as Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and urged both the leaders to resolve the disagreements through dialogue.PM Modi also slammed the opposition for questioning the government’s evacuation drive from Ukraine. “These people also tried to regionalize Operation Ganga. These people have given a different color of regionalism and communalism to every scheme – it is a major worry for India’s future,” PM said.The government has evacuated 22,000 Indians, mainly students from war-torn Ukraine. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) also set up a 24X7 war room with 100 staff members.