New Delhi: Hours after US President Donald Trump once again claimed credit for India and Pakistan’s ceasefire, the Congress on Thursday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence on the matter.
Apart from the Prime Minister, the party also questioned External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s silence even as the US Secretary of State continued to support Trump’s claims and about neutral sites for talks.
Taking to X, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh wrote, “1. For the 8th time in 11 days, President Trump has claimed full credit for the ceasefire between India and Pakistan 2. Praised the PMs of India and Pakistan equally and put them on par in every way. 3. Reiterated that trade with the US was the instrument he used to get India and Pakistan to declare a ceasefire.”
PM Modi completely silent: Jairam Ramesh
He added, “Yet our PM–Donald bhai’s great buddy–is completely silent on what the US President is repeatedly saying. The External Affairs Minister also continues to maintain complete silence on what his pal, the US Secretary of State, has said in support of the US President’s claims and about the ” neutral site” for talks between India and Pakistan. Why this thundering silence?”
For the 8th time in 11 days, President Trump has –
1. Claimed full credit for the ceasefire between India and Pakistan.
2. Praised the PMs of India and Pakistan equally and put them on par in every way
3. Reiterated that trade with the US was the instrument he used to get… pic.twitter.com/h83pOLiD7y
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) May 22, 2025
Earlier on Wednesday, during his interaction with South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa, Trump once again claimed that the US played an important role in the ceasefire between India and Pakistan.
Notably, tensions escalated between India and Pakistan in recent times after the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam in which 26 people were killed and several others were injured. Days after India launched Operation Sindoor and targeted nine terror locations in Pakistan. Following this, Pakistan tried to target important locations in India, only to be strongly replied to by the Indian armed forces.
On May 10, Trump took to social media to claim credit for the ceasefire between the two countries. However, India indirectly rejected the claim, saying that the ceasefire agreement was made following interactions between the DGMOs of both countries through the hotline.
