PM Modi’s Name With Trump Unlikely To Cease Congress Criticism, However That Would possibly Backfire

Final Up to date:June 18, 2025, 11:51 IST

Congress leaders Pawan Khera and Jairam Ramesh questioned the rationale behind the reported Munir-Trump assembly.

The 35-minute telephonic dialog between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump has clarified a number of points relating to a commerce deal and America’s alleged function in mediating the ceasefire. On a telephone name on Wednesday on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Canada, PM Modi instructed Trump that India neither requested mediation nor mentioned commerce with the US throughout ‘Operation Sindoor’ towards Pakistan’s terror websites. This comes as a transparent rejection of Washington’s declare that it ended a four-day battle between New Delhi and Islamabad by leveraging commerce.

Nonetheless, the opposition calls for extra particulars. Congress chief Jairam Ramesh, expressing discontent, famous, “There’s a world of a distinction between what’s in our be aware and what’s in Trump’s be aware. You might be saying this, he mentioned that… then why not name an all-party assembly?”

BJP chief Amit Malviya rebutted Ramesh’s claims on a US be aware, calling him a “congenital liar — very similar to Rahul Gandhi.” “He’s now peddling yet one more falsehood, claiming that Overseas Secretary Vikram Misri’s assertion doesn’t match the US readout — whereas dramatically waving his telephone round. However right here is the catch: the readout he’s citing is from January 2025! And there’s no official US launch but on the newest name,” Malviya wrote on X.

Whereas the information of the Trump-Modi name was nonetheless contemporary, data additionally surfaced a few lunch assembly between the Pakistani Military Chief Munir and the US President, which had been beforehand denied by America just some days earlier. This revelation sparked a major social media conflict between Congress and the BJP, with the BJP accusing Congress of spreading faux information.

In response, Congress leaders Pawan Khera and Jairam Ramesh questioned the rationale behind the reported Munir-Trump assembly, speculating if this was the explanation Trump had minimize brief his keep in Canada.

The Trump-Modi telephone name strongly countered many allegations made by Congress, and to some extent, by the TMC. Following the decision, the BJP asserted, “Each lie of the Congress has been busted. Congress should apologise for this.”

Regardless of this sturdy response, the opposition is unlikely to be silenced. There seems to be some unity throughout the INDIA bloc regarding Operation Sindoor. Nonetheless, it’s ironic that some members of the opposition who participated in delegation-level talks are actually exhibiting a softer stance in the direction of the federal government. As an illustration, Shiv Sena chief Priyanka Chaturvedi, as a substitute of condemning the federal government over the Munir-Trump lunch, selected to criticise Trump for eating with a terror promoter.

Congress is predicted to proceed demanding an all-party assembly with the PM in attendance, in addition to a response from the PM in parliament throughout the monsoon session. Nonetheless, cracks are starting to point out throughout the INDIA bloc. Each Congress and the TMC stay resolute in difficult the PM on numerous points, such because the potential American mediation and the whereabouts of the terrorists.

The sturdy response from the PM won’t deter the opposition, regardless of the embarrassment they face.

Pallavi Ghosh

Pallavi Ghosh has coated politics and Parliament for 15 years, and has reported extensively on Congress, UPA-I and UPA-II, and has now included the Finance Ministry and Niti Aayog in her reportage. She has als…Learn Extra

Pallavi Ghosh has coated politics and Parliament for 15 years, and has reported extensively on Congress, UPA-I and UPA-II, and has now included the Finance Ministry and Niti Aayog in her reportage. She has als… Learn Extra

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