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06 Jun 2025, 14:12 GMT+10
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Rajeev Rai on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi must make a clear statement regarding former US President Donald Trump's repeated claims of mediating a 'ceasefire' between India and Pakistan, to remove doubts among citizens.
Speaking to ANI, Rai said that while discussions on armed conflict are not unusual, Trump's repeated statements require a firm response from the Indian government.
'Discussing armed conflict is nothing unusual for a country, but he repeatedly claims he has been involved in the ceasefire. The government needs to be clearer on this because Donald Trump has been talking about it repeatedly. One clear statement by the Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) is required on the subject to clear any kind of doubt and confusion in the minds of our countrymen,' he added.
On the opposition's demand for a special session of Parliament on the Pahalgam attack, SP MP said, 'The government needs to clarify why it is fearing a special session of parliament. The government is giving the opposition a chance to ask questions. When Atal Bihari Vajpayee asked for the same, Jawaharlal Nehru immediately accepted his demands during the war. So, why are they afraid even when no war has happened? Yesterday, a spokesperson said that if the session is held, many questions will be asked, and there will be chaos.'
Earlier, Congress, which is an ally of SP in the INDIA bloc, also took a dig at PM Modi several times over the US President's claim of mediating between New Delhi and Islamabad for the cessation of hostilities during Operation Sindoor.
On June 4, taking a veiled dig, the Congress leader said, 'The truth of this person is - 'Naam Narender, kaam surrender.''
Taking a veiled dig, the Congress leader said, 'The truth of this person is - 'Naam Narender, kaam surrender.''
'Their organisation's history is that of cowardice, and when a person like this heads the country, then the country's future lies in danger. In the last 22 days, the US President has said over 12 times that he used the trade threat to strike a ceasefire. In the past few days, have you heard anything from the PM?' he said, addressing a press briefing.
'...Desh ki mann ki baat hai ki ceasefire kaise hua... Why did Donald Trump announce the ceasefire? The country was insulted when Donald Trump announced the ceasefire. The country was insulted the day when Donald Trump said that he would mediate on the Kashmir issue,' Khera added.
Earlier, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked the BJP-led government over his allegations of mediation by the United States in Operation Sindoor, alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi 'followed' Donald Trump following 'a call' by the US leader and that the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi did not budge to the US in the 1971 war.
Addressing a convention of Congress workers in Bhopal, Rahul Gandhi, who is Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, attacked the BJP-RSS and alleged that if slight pressure is exerted on them, 'they run away out of fear'.
Now, I understand RSS-BJP well. If slight pressure is put on them, they run away out of fear. When Trump called Modiji, Modiji kya kar rahe ho, Narender-Surrender and with 'ji hazooor', Narenderji followed Trump. In the 1971 war, the Seventh Fleet came from the US. Indira Gandhi said, I will do whatever I have to do. This is the difference. This is their character; all of them are like this. Since the Independence movement, they have had this habit of writing letters of surrender,' the LOP said.
This came after U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated claims of stopping hostilities between India and Pakistan after New Delhi's effective response to Islamabad's aggression following precision strikes on terror infrastructure.
India had conducted Operation Sindoor early on May 7 and hit terror infrastructure in Pakistan and PoJK in response to the Pahalgam terror attack.
India effectively responded to subsequent Pakistani aggression and pounded its airbases.
India and Pakistan agreed to stop military action following a call made by Pakistan's DGMO to his Indian counterpart. (ANI)
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