‘Hollow Friendship’: Congress Slams PM Modi Over Trump-Pakistan Ties
Congress says Modi-Trump friendship fails as Pakistan gains.
The Congress launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, claiming his "much-hyped friendship" with US President Donald Trump is falling apart as Washington cozies up to Pakistan.
Congress communications chief Jairam Ramesh, in a post on X, pointed to recent developments that allegedly highlight the failure of Indian diplomacy. "Four facts expose the tall claims of the PM and his cheerleaders," Ramesh said.
He noted that since May 10, Trump has boasted 25 times about personally intervening to halt Operation Sindoor — a confrontation between India and Pakistan — allegedly threatening to withhold trade deals if peace wasn't restored.
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Ramesh further flagged top-level US outreach to Pakistan, including a June 10 statement by US CENTCOM chief Gen Michael Kurilla praising Pakistan as a “phenomenal partner” in counterterrorism, and a June 18 White House luncheon between Trump and Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir — whom Ramesh blames for inflammatory remarks before the April 22 Pahalgam terror attacks.
Just a day earlier, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Pakistan’s Deputy PM Ishaq Dar and publicly thanked Islamabad for its role in maintaining regional stability.
Ramesh said these overtures expose the “abject failure” of India’s foreign policy, drawing parallels with Modi’s controversial 2020 “clean chit” to China after border tensions.
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