The Congress on Thursday, May 29, once again questioned PM Narendra Modi for his “silence” over US President Donald Trump’s repeated claims of having brokered the India-Pakistan ceasefire understanding.
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh, noted that within 11 days, Donald Trump has claimed credit for the ceasefire understanding eight times across three countries, the US, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar. The American President has repeatedly affirmed that he leveraged his tariffs to get both countries to agree to cease all military actions against each other.
“Our Prime Minister does not want to hear about tariffs; our Prime Minister only wants to hear ‘Tareef’ (praise). So, the PM is silent on this. The Prime Minister has not said anything,” Ramesh added.
He also claimed that external affairs minister S Jaishankar is also silent on the matter.
Ramesh further raked up Trump’s statement of having put India and Pakistan in the same boat. “India’s economy has increased 10 times in comparison to Pakistan’s economy, but both of them have come in the same boat. How can this happen?” the Congress MP asked.
Donald Trump has been repeatedly claiming credit for helping settle the escalating tension between India and Pakistan.
