The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha questioned as to who is Trump to get a ceasefire done and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not given a reply even once
Congress leader and LoP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi. PIC/PTI
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the government over US President Donald Trump repeating his claims about bringing about a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, saying there is something fishy as the American leader has made the statement “25 times”.
The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha questioned as to who is Trump to get a ceasefire done and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not given a reply even once. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge also hit out at the government after Trump repeated his claim.
“Trump keeps saying that he facilitated a ceasefire, but Narendra Modi is silent, not responding. Does Narendra Modi want to be subservient to Trump? The country is the most important, which is why we supported the government,” Kharge told reporters here.
“In such a situation, when Trump repeatedly states that he brought about the ceasefire and insults India, the prime minister should respond firmly. This, in some way, shows weakness,” he said.
Asked about Trump’s claim and if the PM should make a statement as demanded by the opposition, Gandhi said, “How can the prime minister make a statement? What will he say — Trump got it done, he can’t say that. But that is the truth. Trump got the ceasefire done, the whole world knows. That is the reality.”
“Trump has said 25 times that ‘I got the ceasefire done’. Who is Trump to get a ceasefire done? It is not his job. But the prime minister has not given a reply even once. That is the truth, he cannot hide,” Gandhi said.
The Congress on Wednesday said that while US President Trump has reached the quarter century mark on his claims, PM Modi is “totally quiet, finding time only to travel abroad and to destabilise democratic institutions at home”.
Trump on Tuesday claimed yet again that he stopped the recent “war” between India and Pakistan and that five planes were shot down in the conflict. He also claimed that the conflict between India and Pakistan “was probably going to end up in a nuclear war”.
Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said, “As the Modi Government continues in its refusal to give firm dates for a debate on Pahalgam-Sindoor in Parliament and as the Modi government persists in its refusal to commit to a reply by the PM in the debate, President Trump reaches the silver jubilee, the quarter century mark on his claims.”
‘We stopped wars’
US President Donald Trump claimed yet again that he stopped the recent “war” between India and Pakistan and that five planes were shot down in the conflict. He also claimed that the conflict between India and Pakistan “was probably going to end up in a nuclear war”. “We stopped wars between India and Pakistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda,” he said at a reception in the White House with the Congress members.
“I called them and said, listen, no more trade. If you do this.” “They’re both powerful nuclear nations and that would have happened, and who knows where that would have ended up. And I stopped it,” he added. Since May 10, when Trump announced on social media that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “full and immediate” ceasefire, he has repeated his claim several times.
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