“We stopped India and Pakistan from fighting. I believe that could have turned out into a nuclear disaster,” Trump said during a press conference in the Oval Office with billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who is leaving the Trump administration after helming the Department of Government Efficiency. Trump added that he wants to thank the “leaders of India, the leaders of Pakistan, and I want to thank my people also. We talked trade and we said ‘we can’t trade with people that are shooting at each other and potentially using nuclear weapons’.” Trump added that leaders in India and Pakistan are “great leaders” and “they understood, and they agreed, and that all stopped”.The Indian government has maintained that no third party was involved and the Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMOs) of India and Pakistan reached an understanding to stop all firings and military actions on land, air and sea, with immediate effect.The US President’s repeated claims that he brokered the ceasefire between India and Pakistan continue to provide the fodder to the Opposition camp. The Congress on Saturday wondered when Prime Minister Narendra Modi would respond to Trump, who has repeatedly given more than an indication that it was he who brokered a truce between India and Pakistan during the latest armed conflict.In a series of posts on X, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh tagged a video clip of Trump to say this is the 11th time in 21 days that Modi’s “great friend” claimed he had a role to play in the ceasefire between the two neighbours.”When will the PM speak up?” he asked.In a post on X, Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala said that while Trump has claimed 11 times that he “brokered the ceasefire” between India and Pakistan, Modi has not even once negated it, “Now, documentary evidence in the form of an affidavit is also available, he said and asked a series of questions to the PM.”Why did we permit the U.S to broker a ‘ceasefire Agreement’, when our Armed Forces had a clear upper hand and Pakistan was cracking up? What is the ‘trade deal’ that the U.S President offered and Modi Ji accepted? Is ‘trade’ more important than Nation? What are the terms of ceasefire? Where are the terrorists who killed 26 innocent people in Pahalgam? Will Pakistan hand them over to us so that we can hang them? Was it part of the ceasefire agreement?” the Congress leader asked.
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