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Emphasising the depth of the bilateral relationship, sources cited US support to India during the Doklam crisis as a key example of the trust between the two nations
The Congress has been trying to corner Prime Minister Modi by citing Donald Trump's repeated claims, but PM Modi set the record straight on Tuesday. (Photos: Sansad TV)
Senior government sources have hit back at Congress MP and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi for demanding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi publicly call US President Donald Trump a “liar" in Parliament over his past ceasefire claims between India and Pakistan.
“It’s adolescent on the part of Rahul to say the PM should call Trump a liar on the floor of the House," a top government source said, adding that PM Modi had already clarified the matter by stating that “no world leader asked India to stop the war."
Sources also underlined that External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar had previously informed Parliament that Trump and Modi never spoke regarding any such ceasefire, dismissing the claim altogether. They further pointed out that India and the US share a long-standing strategic partnership that goes beyond just trade negotiations.
“The Congress has been in power before, it should know how governments function," one official added, urging restraint in matters of foreign policy discourse.
Emphasising the depth of the bilateral relationship, sources cited US support to India during the Doklam crisis as a key example of the trust between the two nations, noting that reducing ties to a single statement undermines broader diplomatic realities.
Rahul Gandhi had earlier, during the Lok Sabha debate on Operation Sindoor, accused the PM of lacking the courage to rebut Trump’s repeated ceasefire claims and questioned India’s foreign policy handling of the Pahalgam terror attack. He also criticised the government’s terminology of a “new normal" in counter-terror strategy, and cited Pakistan Army Chief Gen Asim Munir’s visit to the US as evidence of diplomatic failure.
The Congress has been trying to corner Prime Minister Modi by citing Donald Trump’s repeated claims, made 30 times, that he had brokered a ceasefire between India and Pakistan using trade as leverage.
The Prime Minister set the record straight on Tuesday.
“On May 9, US Vice-President JD Vance tried to speak to me 3-4 times for over an hour, but I was in a meeting. When I called him back, he said Pakistan will do a very big attack. I replied to him—if Pakistan has this intention, toh usse bahut mehnga padega (it will cost them dearly). I told Vance that we will do a bigger attack than Pakistan…that hum goli ka jawab gole se denge (we will respond to bullets with shells)," the Prime Minister told the Lok Sabha.
Earlier, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar had informed Parliament that President Trump and Prime Minister Modi never spoke during Operation Sindoor, and highlighted how the Prime Minister remained firm during his call with JD Vance.
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