Cong asks govt to detail terms, conditions for pausing Operation Sindoor
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NEW DELHI – The Congress Wednesday sought to know whether the Centre had asked Pakistan to ensure return of the perpetrators of Pahalgam terrorist attack as condition to pause the Operation Sindoor. The party also slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence over US President Donald Trump's remarks that he brokered a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, and also asked about the terms and conditions on which military actions were paused.
"Have we put any condition to bring back terrorists responsible for Pahalgam attack while agreeing to stoppage of fire? No one has any idea about ceasefire conditions," Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh said during a press conference.
Ramesh said that Prime Minister Modi should convene an all-party meeting and clarify about the conditions of the understanding. After nearly four days of military actions, India and Pakistan on Saturday evening arrived at an understanding to stop military action on land, sea, and air. Trump made the announcement on the "ceasefire" between the two countries before Indian government's official statement on the development.
The party raised questions over Modi's silence on repeated claims by Trump that he brokered peace between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. "Our question is why Trump made the announcement first. The prime minister is silent on this. What is the role of the US? Trump repeatedly sent message to world that the India-Pakistan conflict stopped due to US' interference," Ramesh said. "Such thing never happened in history. Why Modi and (External Affairs Minister) S. Jaishnkar are silent on this? We demand an all-party meet under the prime minister and a special session of Parliament should be called," Ramesh said.
The Congress held a meeting on the developments following Operation Sindoor, which was launched by Indian armed forces on Apr. 7 to strike at terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
The Congress also slammed the prime minister after the reports surfaced that he will hold a meeting of National Democratic Alliance government chief ministers to brief them on the success of Operation Sindoor. "What is the mistake of chief ministers of non-NDA government states? Why they will not be briefed," Congress leader Pawan Khera asked, and charged Modi government for politicisation of Operation Sindoor.
Khera further said that the party will hold Jai hind rallies in 10-15 cities across the country and ask the prime minister to answer these question. The party also demanded accountability over the intelligence failure in last month's Pahalgam terrorist attack in which 26 civilian, mainly tourists were killed. End
Reported by Kuldeep Singh
Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury
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