PM Modi rebuts Donald Trump in Lok Sabha: ‘No world leader asked India to halt strikes on Pakistan’ during Op Sindoor

India has consistently denied Trump’s assertions.

Earlier speaking in Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi daredPrime Minister Narendra Modi to publicly call US President Donald Trump a “liar” for claiming credit for brokering a ceasefire between India and Pakistan following the tensions sparked by the Pahalgam terror attack.

“….he [PM Modi] must deny in Lok Sabha that Trump is a ‘liar’ and we did not lose any planes,” Rahul Gandhi said, adding, “It is a very dangerous time and we cannot afford a prime minister who doesn’t know how to use the Army. We cannot afford a prime minister who doesn’t have the guts to say from here that Donald Trump is a liar.”

Earlier, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, in a sharply worded intervention, questioned the Modi government’s political resolve and operational strategy behind Operation Sindoor. “If you want to utilise the Indian Armed Forces, you need 100% political will and full freedom of operation,” Gandhi said.

Drawing a historic parallel, the Congress leader added, “In 1971, when the Seventh Fleet was heading toward India, Indira Gandhi told General Manekshaw to take six months or even a year-whatever he needed. That’s called freedom of action. That’s what real political will looks like.”

Home Minister Amit Shah announced that all three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists who were involved in the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22 were neutralised duringOperation Mahadevon the outskirts of Srinagar on Monday.

Twenty-six civilians were killed in the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, after which India retaliated through precision strikes under Operation Sindoor, targeting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan andPakistan-occupied Kashmir(PoK).

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addressed the Lok Sabha during the special discussion on ‘Operation Sindoor’, India’s military response to the Pahalgam terror attack, on Monday. Singh addressed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. PM Modi is expected to speak in the Lok Sabha later in the day.

(This is a developing story)