‘Was Our Goal To Get Trump-Brokered Ceasefire’: Oppn Questions Modi Govt Over US ‘Intervention’, Talks With Pak
On Saturday, India and Pakistan agreed to a full and immediate ceasefire. President Donald Trump announced and claimed that it was a result of the US-mediated talks.
Minutes after India announced a ceasefire with Pakistan, several opposition leaders questioned the move of the government. AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi said that ceasefire or no ceasefire, we must pursue the terrorists responsible for the Pahalgam attack. The Lok Sabha MP said that he has always stood by the government and armed forces against external aggression and asked four questions on X.
"1. I wish our PM @narendramodi had announced the ceasefire rather than the President of a foreign country. We have always been opposed to third party intervention since Simla (1972). Why have we now accepted it? I hope the Kashmir issue will not be internationalised, as it is our internal matter. 2. Why are we agreeing to talk on a neutral territory? What will be the agenda of these talks? Does the United States guarantee that Pakistan will not use its territory for terrorism? 3. Have we achieved our aim of deterring Pakistan from carrying out future terror attacks? Was our goal to get a Trump-brokered ceasefire or was it to bring Pakistan to such a position that it would not even dream of another terror attack? 4. We must continue the international campaign to put Pakistan in the FATF grey list," Owaisi posted on X.
Speaking on the issue, RJD leader Manoj Jha said that Trump announcing a ceasefire unsettles him and added that Prime Minister Modi should call a special session of the Parliament over the matter.
"US President Donald Trump announcing ceasefire 'unsettles' me. That's why I feel the Prime Minister should call a special session of the Parliament over this," says RJD MP Manoj Jha (@manojkjhadu)," Jha said.
Congress leader Pawan Khera called the development unprecedented as US president announced the ceasefire and demanded a special session of Parliament.
" It is unprecedented that we get to know this from the American President... Therefore, the questions that India wants to ask can only be answered through a special session of Parliament. Therefore, Congress demands a special session of Parliament and all-party meeting...country deserves to know what it has achieved and what India has lost...the victims of Pahalgam would also like to know whether justice has been served to them or not," Khera said as quoted by news agency ANI.
On Saturday, India and Pakistan agreed to a full and immediate ceasefire. President Donald Trump announced and claimed that it was a result of the US-mediated talks. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio termed it a US-brokered ceasefire while commending Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Shehbaz Sharif on their wisdom, prudence, and statesmanship in choosing the path of peace.
The ceasefire came hours after India and Pakistan attacked each other's military facilities, dangerously escalating the ongoing conflict. Amid the ceasefire agreement by the countries, Pakistan again attacked several parts of Jammu-Kashmir on Saturday.
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