'Trump insulting Modi in country after country': Rahul Gandhi on US president's India-Pak claim in South Korea; urges him to respond

NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to respond to the US President Donald Trump's repeated claims on India-Pakistan truce.

Pointing out Trump's recent remarks made at Apec summit in South Korea, Rahul said, "Trump is insulting Modi in country after country. Latest is South Korea."


Highlighting snippets from Trump's speech where he "repeated that he used trade to frighten Modi into stopping Operation Sindoor" and "said 7 planes were shot down", the Congress leader said: "Don’t be scared Modi ji, find the courage to respond."


While PM Modi has steered clear from making any direct remarks on Trump's claims, India has, at several occasions, clarified that India-Pakistan truce was completely bilateral in nature, at the request of Pakistan DGMO and did not involve any third party intervention.

Earlier in the day, while Trump admired PM Modi as a "great-looking guy, killer and tough as hell", he also said that it was his efforts that made India and Pakistan stop fighting.

"If you look at India, and Pakistan, so, I'm doing a trade deal with India, and I have great respect and and love. As you know, for Prime Minister Modi, we have a great relationship. Likewise, the prime minister of Pakistan is a great guy. And the field marshal, they have a field marshal. He's a great fighter. He really is, he's a great guy too," he said.

"And I'm reading that 7 planes were shot down. They're going at it and they're really starting to go and this is a big thing," he added.

"These are 2 nuclear nations, and they're really starting to go and this is a big thing. And I called Prime Minister Modi and I said we can't make a trade deal with you know. I said, no, we can't. you starting a war with Pakistan. We're not going to do it. And then I called Pakistan, I said we're not going to do trade with you because you're fighting with India," he claimed.


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