'When will PM Modi speak up?' asks Congress as Trump repeats 'stopped India-Pak conflict' claim

Congress attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Centre on Saturday as US President Donald Trump repeated his claim of stopping conflict between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor. Congress said Trump has made the claim 10 times in 21 days but Centre is silent.

 

After US President Trump repeated his claim of "stopping India-Pakistan conflict" on Saturday, Congress secretary (Communications) Jairam Ramesh asked when will Prime Minister Narendra Modi speak up. Targeting Modi, Ramesh, in a post on X said, "This is the 9th time in 20 days, across 3 countries and 3 cities. Donaldbhai keeps repeating the same sequence of events of how he got the 4-Day India-Pakistan war to stop - US intervention and the use of the trade instrument to stop nuclear escalation. The equivalence of India and Pakistan gets reiterated yet again."

 

The Congress leader said the US commerce secretary made the same claims in a New York-based Court of International Trade. "Donaldbhai’s friend Mr Narendra Modi continues to ignore his claims with absolute silence. Why doesn't the PM speak up? Is President Trump also doing what Mr. Modi does all the time and so well (i.e. lying)? Or is he speaking even 50% truth?" he asked.

 

The Congress has been demanding the Union government to clarify Trump's claims and object to his hyphenation of India and Pakistan. However, Centre maintained that no third party was involved in brokering a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, and talks were held bilaterally. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar had said India agreed to stop firing following Pakistan's request.

 

"Pakistan's Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) wanted the exchange of fire and other hostilities to halt, which led to bilateral discussions and a ceasefire deal. There was no question of US mediation between New Delhi and Islamabad," Jaishankar told a parliamentary panel recently.

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