'9th Time In 20 Days': Jairam Ramesh Asks PM Modi To 'Speak Up' On Trump's Ceasefire Claims

Last Updated:May 31, 2025, 09:04 IST

On Friday, Trump reiterated that he had stopped India and Pakistan from engaging in a full-blown conflict and averted a nuclear confrontation

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. (PTI)

‘9th Time In 20 Days’: Jairam Ramesh Asks PM Modi To ‘Speak Up’ On Trump’s Ceasefire Claims

The Congress is at it again. Two days after questioning the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Donald Trump’s claims of having brokered the ceasefire between India and Pakistan, the Grand Old Party once again asked PM Modi to “speak up" as the US President repeated his assertions.

On Friday, Trump reiterated that he had stopped India and Pakistan from engaging in a full-blown conflict and averted a nuclear confrontation.

“We stopped India and Pakistan from fighting. I believe that could have turned out into a nuclear disaster, and I want to thank the leaders of India and Pakistan, and I want to thank my people.

“Also, we talk trade, and we say we can’t trade with people who are shooting at each other and potentially using nuclear weapons. They’re great leaders in those countries, and they understood and they agreed, and that all stopped, and we’re stopping others from fighting. Also, because ultimately, we can fight better than anybody, we have the greatest military in the world. We have the greatest leaders in the world…"

The US President’s statement gave fresh ammo to the Congress, with party MP Jairam Ramesh saying it was the “9th time in 20 days" that Trump had repeated the sequence of events but the prime minister had maintained silence on the issue.

“This is the 9th time in 20 days, across 3 countries and 3 cities. Donaldbhai keeps repeating the same sequence of events of how he got the 4-Day India-Pakistan war to stop – US intervention and the use of the trade instrument to stop nuclear escalation. The equivalence of India and Pakistan gets reiterated yet again. President Trump’s Commerce Secretary has made exactly the same claims in his submission to the New York-based Court of Trade on May 23rd. But Donaldbhai’s friend Mr. Narendra Modi continues to ignore his claims with absolute silence. Why doesn’t the PM speak up?" Ramesh asked on X.

This is not the first time Ramesh has trained his guns on the government’s radio silence on the issue. Earlier, the Congress leader said: “Our Prime Minister does not want to hear about tariffs; our Prime Minister only wants to hear ‘Tareef’ (praise). So, the PM is silent on this. The Prime Minister has not said anything."

He also slammed the US President for hyphenating India and Pakistan, saying: “India’s economy has increased 10 times in comparison to Pakistan’s economy, but both of them have come in the same boat. How can this happen?"

THE CEASEFIRE

India, in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people, launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, pounding terror launchpads linked to outfits such as Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad in Pakistan and PoK and killing more than 100 terrorists.

A rattled Pakistan responded with attempts to launch a military action, resorting to cross-border shelling, drone assaults, and even military strikes. However, India’s air defence system and armed forces thwarted these attempts.

After four days of intense cross-border fighting, India and Pakistan arrived at a ceasefire understanding on May 10, with Trump announcing the truce.

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