‘Why no mention of Trump’s ceasefire claim?’ RJD MP questions PM Modi’s Lok Sabha speech

Former US President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed credit for brokering a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi has consistently asserted that no foreign leader played a role in halting India’s actions.

On Tuesday, PM Modi reiterated in the Lok Sabha that no world leader asked India to stop Operation Sindoor, a military operation launched in response to the Pahalgam terror attack.

“No leader in the world told India to stop its operation. On the night of 9th May, the Vice President of America tried to talk to me. He tried for an hour, but I was in a meeting with my army, so I could not pick up his call. Later, I called him back. The Vice President of America told me on the phone that Pakistan is going to launch a big attack. My answer was that if Pakistan has this intention, it will cost them a lot. If Pakistan attacks, we will respond by launching a big attack. This was my answer,” PM Modi said, reported ANI. 

India launched Operation Sindoor in the early hours of 7th May, targeting terror infrastructure across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) through precision strikes. In response to Pakistan’s military escalation, India retaliated strongly by striking multiple Pakistani airbases.

“Ab hamle ke baad mastermind ko neend nahi aati, unko pata hai Bharat aayega aur maar kar jaayega. This new normal has been set by India. ‘Sindoor se leke Sindhu tak’, we have taken action against Pakistan,” PM Modi said.

He said Operation Sindoor makes it clear that India has decided on three points. “If there is a terrorist attack on India, we will respond in our own method, on our conditions and on our time; no nuclear blackmail would work now, and we will not see terrorist-supporting governments and terror masterminds as two separate entities,” reported ANI. 

He said India’s armed forces avenged the 22nd April terror attack within 22 minutes with precision attacks.

“Right after the Pahalgam terrorist attack, Pakistan forces had this idea that India would indeed take major action. They started making nuclear threats. On the intervening night of 6th–7th May, India took action just as decided. Pakistan could not do anything. Our armed forces avenged 22nd April within 22 minutes with precision attacks... Armed forces were given a free hand. They were told to decide the when, where and how... We are proud that terrorists were punished, and it was such a punishment that the terrorist masterminds have sleepless nights even to this day,” he said.

(With inputs from ANI)