US President Donald Trump's 'big deal' with India led to abrupt end of Operation Sindoor against Pakistan: Congress

Congress took a jibe at Narendra Modi-led Centre on Friday and said the trade deal hinted by United States President Donald Trump should be really a "major one" as it was used to end India's Operation Sindoor against Pakistan in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack.

 

Targeting Centre, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh since Operation Sindoor, Trump has repeated about a trade deal with India over 16 times. In a post on X, Ramesh said, "After repeating 16 times that he used a trade deal as an instrument to bring about a ceasefire between India & Pakistan, President Trump has now announced that such an India-US trade agreement is going to be signed in the next few days.  He calls a 'very big deal'."

 

"It better be - given that it led to the abrupt end of Operation Sindoor," the Congress leader added. Targeting the Centre, Ramesh added India now comes to know about key decisions affecting it from the White House. "As is now becoming evident, India has to get to know decisions of great importance to it from the White House in Washington DC," he said.

 

Congress has been targeting the Centre over Trump's claims of "stopping" the India-Pakistan conflict in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor. India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 to avenge the killings of tourists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam. As many as 26 persons were killed in the attack carried out by terrorists with alleged Pakistani links. After days of heightened military action, both India and Pakistan agreed to stop firing on May 10.

 

Trump has been claiming he "stopped" the war and deterred both India and Pakistan saying he wouldn't trade with warring nations. However, India maintained that no third party was involved in the ceasefire talks with Pakistan.

 

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