Congress: PM Modi silent on Trump’s claims as he’s on weak wicket

The Congress on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is refusing to unequivocally deny US President Donald Trumps IndiaPakistan ceasefire claims that have been made 30 times as he is on a very weak wicket and has much to cover upThe opposition party also took a swipe at Prime Minister Modi after Trump repeated his claim about playing a role in bringing about a ceasefire between India and Pakistan saying the American leader is coiled around the PM like a snake and hissing bitter truths into his earCongress president Mallikarjun Kharge said the PM doesnt have the guts to tell Trump that he is lying and it seems that daal mein kuch kala hai there is something fishyOur policy has been that we have never accepted any sort of mediation by a third party in negotiations and it is unacceptable to us even today Why did they agree what were the reasons they should tell the country Kharge told reporters in the Parliament House complexHe Modi did not even take Trumps name even once in his twohour speech He should have condemned Trumps remarks and said that he is trying to distort the image of the country Kharge saidSpeaking to reporters on Tuesday on Air Force One on his way back to Washington from Scotland Trump repeated the claim that he stopped the conflict between India and PakistanTagging a video of Trumps latest remarks Congress general secretary incharge of communications Jairam Ramesh said This is President Trump yet again After the PMs intervention yesterday in the Lok Sabha where he deflected and diverted the main issueWhy is the PM simply refusing to unequivocally and categorically deny what his good friend Donald Trump has now said 30 times in the US Saudi Arabia Qatar and the UK The answer is clear Mr Narendra Modi is on a very weak wicket and has much to cover up Ramesh said on XCongress media and publicity department head Pawan Khera said Trump is coiled around Modi like a snake And yesterday Rahul Gandhi handed him the perfect chance to wriggle out of the mess Just say Trump was lying about the ceasefireSimple right But no Modi is allergic to taking Rahul jis advice And voila today the snake is back coiled tighter than ever hissing bitter truths into Modis ear Khera said on XAsked about reports that India is preparing to face higher US tariffs between 2025 per cent Trump on Tuesday replied Ya I think soIndia has been theyre my friends and hes my friend Trump said referring to Prime Minister ModiAnd you know they ended the war with Pakistan at my request and that was great And Pakistan did also We did a lot of a lot of great settlements including the recent one as you know with Cambodia Trump saidIn a noholdsbarred attack in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi had dared Prime Minister Modi to categorically rebut US President Trumps IndiaPakistan ceasefire claimsIf Modi ji has even 50 per cent of the courage that Indira Gandhi had then clearly he must say in Parliament Donald Trump is lying he had saidModi who spoke after Gandhi affirmed that no leader of any country asked India to stop Operation Sindoor but lamented that while the nation got support from the entire world the Congress and its allies could not stand behind the valour of the nations soldiersSpeaking with reporters after the debate ended Gandhi said Narendra Modi did not clearly say that Trump is lying Trump has said 29 times that he brought about a ceasefire but Narendra Modi did not respond to itSince May 10 when Trump announced on social media that India and Pakistan had agreed to a full and immediate ceasefire after a long night of talks mediated by Washington he has repeated his claim on several occasions that he helped settle the tensions between India and PakistanHowever India has been consistently maintaining that the understanding on cessation of hostilities with Pakistan was reached following direct talks between the Directors General of Military Operations DGMOs of the two militariesIn a nearly 35minute phone call with Trump last month Modi had firmly stated that India does not and will never accept mediation and that the discussions between Indian and Pakistani militaries on cessation of military actions were initiated at Islamabads requestIndia launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 targeting terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistanoccupied Kashmir in retaliation for the Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civiliansIndia and Pakistan reached an understanding on May 10 to end the conflict after four days of intense crossborder drone and missile strikesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever