U.S. hyphenating India, Pak; PM must drop 'stubbornness' and call special session of Parliament: Congress

Congress criticizes US for hyphenating India and Pakistan, urges PM Modi to address diplomatic setbacks in Parliament.

The U.S. is constantly making statements which can only be interpreted to mean that it is hyphenating India and Pakistan, the Congress said on Thursday (June 12, 2025) and stressed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should leave aside his "stubbornness" to call an all-party meeting and a special session of Parliament.

Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh asserted in a post on X that decades of diplomatic progress cannot be allowed to be weakened so easily.

"It is reported that Pakistani Army Chief General Asim Munir has been invited to the event organised in Washington DC on the occasion of US Army Day (14 June). This news is a big setback for India from a diplomatic and strategic point of view," Mr. Ramesh said in the post in Hindi.

"This is the same person who used provocative and inciting language just before the Pahalgam terror attack - the question arises what is America's intention," the Congress general secretary said.

Recently, the head of the US Central Command also stated that Pakistan is a "great partner" of America in the fight against terrorism, Mr. Ramesh said.

"The Modi government is saying that Operation Sindoor is still going on. In such a situation, the Pakistani army chief's participation as a guest in the US Army Day is definitely a matter of serious concern," he said.

Mr. Ramesh said the Trump administration is constantly making statements which can only be interpreted to mean that it is "hyphenating" India and Pakistan.