U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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The Congress on Friday (February 6, 2026) took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi after U.S. President Donald Trump repeated his declare that he stopped the battle between India and Pakistan final 12 months, saying the PM’s “good good friend in Washington DC” is fast-paced to the century mark of stating that he had intervened to halt Operation Sindoor and but he maintains “full silence”.
The Opposition celebration additionally lashed out at Modi over his deal with within the Rajya Sabha on Thursday (February 5, 2026) when he replied to the dialogue on the movement of because of the President’s deal with, saying he’s a prisoner of his personal pet hates and answered not one of the critical questions raised by the Chief of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge within the Higher Home.
Congress normal secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh mentioned, “The PM revealed but once more final night within the Rajya Sabha what an enormous bundle of insecurities, what a perennial peddler of lies, what a storehouse of prejudices, and what a supply of sheer bile and poison he’s. One factor is evident. He can proceed to proclaim that he’s a terrific man. However the extra he does so, it turns into increasingly more apparent that he’s not and might by no means be an excellent man.” “To say that his 97-minute speech was pathetic is to make an understatement. He’s a prisoner of his personal pet hates. He answered not one of the critical questions raised by the LOP within the Rajya Sabha,” Mr. Ramesh mentioned on X.
In the meantime “his good good friend in Washington DC” is fast-paced to the century mark of claiming that he had intervened to halt Op Sindoor on Could 10, 2025,” he mentioned.
“And but the Prime Minister maintains his full silence on this problem – like he does on his notorious clean-chit to China on June 19, 2020 after over twenty jawans had been martyred in Japanese Ladakh,” Mr. Ramesh mentioned.
His remarks come after Mr. Trump repeated twice in a single day the declare that he stopped the battle between India and Pakistan final 12 months.
“In a single 12 months, I’ve ended eight raging wars, equivalent to (the battle between) Cambodia and Thailand, Kosovo and Serbia, Pakistan and India, Israel and Iran, Armenia and Azerbaijan,” Mr. Trump mentioned on the Nationwide Prayer Breakfast on Thursday (February 5, 2026).
Later, in a publish on Fact Social, Mr. Trump reiterated the declare that he stopped a nuclear battle from breaking out between India and Pakistan.
“The USA is probably the most highly effective Nation within the World. I utterly rebuilt its Army in my First Time period, together with new and lots of refurbished nuclear weapons. I additionally added Area Power and now, proceed to rebuild our Army at ranges by no means seen earlier than. We’re even including Battleships, that are 100 occasions extra highly effective than those that roamed the Seas throughout World Conflict II — The Iowa, Missouri, Alabama, and others. I’ve stopped Nuclear Wars from breaking out throughout the World between Pakistan and India, Iran and Israel, and Russia and Ukraine,” Mr. Trump posted.
The U.S. President has claimed a number of occasions that he stopped the battle between India and Pakistan. He has been making the assertion repeatedly, on numerous platforms within the U.S. and world wide, since Could 10 final 12 months when he introduced on social media that India and Pakistan agreed to a “full and speedy” ceasefire after a “lengthy evening” of talks mediated by Washington.
India has persistently denied any third-party intervention.
Printed – February 06, 2026 11:22 am IST