India-Pakistan ceasefire: Congress takes swipe at government over Donald Trump's remarks
The Hindu
Indian National Congress questions if PM Modi and EAM compromised India's security interests under US pressure.
With the U.S. President Donald Trump reiterating his claims of brokering a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, the Indian National Congress on Wednesday (May 14, 2025) asked what do the "typically loquacious" Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar have to say about this revelation and did they "mortgage" India's security interests in the face of U.S. "pressure."
Speaking in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday (May 13, 2025), Mr. Trump once again claimed his administration "successfully brokered a historic ceasefire" to stop the escalating violence between India and Pakistan.
Congress general secretary in-charge of Communications Jairam Ramesh, said, “A few days ago, we learnt of the ceasefire with Pakistan from the President of the United States. Now, at a public event in Saudi Arabia yesterday, the President reveals that he may have coerced and blackmailed India into this ceasefire using the carrot-and-stick of sanctions and trade deals.”
“What do the typically loquacious PM and EAM have to say about this revelation? Did they mortgage India’s security interests in the face of U.S. pressure?” Mr. Ramesh said on X. "Ameriki papa ne war rukwa di kya?" he added.
The Congress was taking a swipe at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for an advertisement it had put out last year claiming that PM Modi had stopped the Russia-Ukraine war.
The advertisement showed a female student stranded in a foreign country, who meets her parents outside the airport, and says "Maine kaha tha na, kaisi bhi situation ho, Modi ji humein ghar le ayenge, War rukwa di papa aur phir hamari bus nikali papa (I had told you, whatever the situation, Modiji will bring us home. He stopped the war) the Congress on Tuesday (May 13, 2025) night had said Mr. Trump was not only hyphenating the two countries but also comparing Prime Minister Modi with his Pakistani counterpart Shehbaz Sharif.
The Congress' media and publicity department head Pawan Khera shared the clip of Mr. Trump's latest comments during the event in Saudi Arabia.
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