'8th time Trump made this claim': Congress questions PM Modi's 'silence' on US taking credit for India-Pakistan ceasefire | India News

NEW DELHI: Congress party's Pawan Khera raised concerns regarding Prime Minister Narendra Modi's deficiency of effect to US President Donald Trump's recurring statements astir mediating betwixt India and Pakistan."This is the 8th clip President Trump has made this assertion that helium got Operation Sindoor stopped. He claims to person utilized commercialized to get India to extremity Operation Sindoor. Prime Minister Modi has not rejected this assertion adjacent once. What does this soundlessness mean?" Pawan Khera wrote connected X.

The US President reiterated his relation successful easing tensions betwixt the nations done commercialized discussions. During his enactment with South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa, Trump emphasised his narration with PM Modi.

"If you instrumentality a look astatine what we conscionable did with Pakistan and India, we settled that full thing, and I deliberation I settled it done trade. We're doing a large woody with India. We're doing a large woody with Pakistan... You cognize idiosyncratic had to beryllium the past 1 to shoot, but the shooting was getting worse and worse, bigger and bigger, deeper and deeper into the country. We spoke to them and...we got it settled, and past 2 days aboriginal thing happened, and they said it was Trump's fault, but Pakistan has immoderate fantabulous radical and immoderate truly bully leaders and India is my friend.

.. Modi, he's a large guy," Trump stated during the meeting.The tensions subsided pursuing India's 'Operation Sindoor', which was initiated aft the April 22 Pahalgam panic incidental claiming 26 civilian lives.India has dismissed Trump's statements, maintaining its stance that matters concerning Jammu and Kashmir are to beryllium addressed solely betwixt India and Pakistan."As you are aware, we person a long-standing nationalist presumption that immoderate issues pertaining to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir person to beryllium addressed by India and Pakistan bilaterally.

That stated argumentation has not changed. As you are aware, the outstanding substance is the abrogation of illegally occupied Indian Territory by Pakistan," the Ministry of External Affairs declared.The MEA clarified that commercialized discussions were not portion of immoderate conversations betwixt Indian and US officials during 'Operation Sindoor' and its conclusion."From the clip OPERATION SINDOOR commenced connected 7th May till the knowing connected cessation of firing and subject enactment connected 10th May, determination were conversations betwixt Indian and US leaders connected the evolving subject situation. The contented of commercialized did not travel up successful immoderate of these discussions," MEA added.