Congress slams PM Modi as Rubio repeats Trump’s India-Pakistan peace claim

The Congress on Wednesday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over repeated claims by the US that President Donald Trump brokered peace between India and Pakistan saying no wonder the ModiTrump huglomacy is in deep freezeUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that President Trump has brokered several peace deals including the very dangerous ones like India and Pakistan and deserves tremendous credit for reshaping Americas foreign policyCongress general secretary incharge communications Jairam Ramesh said on May 10 2025 at 537 PM Rubio was the first person to announce the abrupt stoppage of Operation SindoorSubsequently President Trump himself has made the claim at least 61 times in 6 different countries that it was due to his intervention that Operation Sindoor was halted he said on XOn May 10 2025 at 537 PM US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was the first person to announce the abrupt stoppage of Operation SindoorSubsequently President Trump himself has made the claim at least 61 times in 6 different countries that it was due to his intervention thathellipmdash Jairam Ramesh Jairam_Ramesh December 3 2025Now Mr Rubio has once again reminded the world of what Mr Trump has been saying repeatedly No wonder the ModiTrump huglomacy is in deep freeze Ramesh saidDuring a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday Rubio said for the first time in decades American foreign policy was guided solely by whether it made the US safer stronger and more prosperousIf it is hes Trump for it If it doesnt hes against it And that sort of clarity is transformational he saidNot to mention all the other peace deals very dangerous ones like India and Pakistan or Cambodia and Thailand and so on Mr President I think you deserve tremendous credit for the transformational aspect of our foreign policy Rubio saidEarlier at the Cabinet meeting Trump repeated his claim that he had resolved several global conflicts including between India and Pakistan as he asserted that he should get the Nobel Peace Prize for each of the eight wars he has endedWe ended eight wars But were going to do one more I think I hope Trump said referring to the RussiaUkraine conflictTrump has repeatedly claimed that within the first eightnine months of his second term in the White House he resolved conflicts between India and Pakistan Thailand and Cambodia Armenia and Azerbaijan Kosovo and Serbia Israel and Iran Egypt and Ethiopia Rwanda and Congo He also credits himself for resolving the IsraelHamas conflictSince May 10 when Trump announced on social media that India and Pakistan had agreed to a full and immediate ceasefire after a long night of talks mediated by Washington he has repeated his claim over 60 times that he helped settle the tensions between the two neighboursNew Delhi has consistently denied any thirdparty interventionIndia launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 targeting terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistanoccupied Kashmir in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civiliansIndia and Pakistan reached an understanding on May 10 to end the conflict after four days of intense crossborder drone and missile strikesWith inputs from Agencies