'Tally is now 60': Congress after Trump repeats India-Pakistan peace broker claim

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U.S. President Donald Trump, archetypal  woman  Melania Trump and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman get  for a dinner, successful  Washington, D.C., U.S., connected  November 18, 2025.

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The Congress connected Wednesday (November 19, 2025) took a swipe astatine the Narendra Modi authorities implicit U.S. President Donald Trump repeating his claims that helium stopped the struggle betwixt India and Pakistan, chiding, tally "is present 60."

Mr. Trump connected Tuesday (November 18) repeated his assertion that helium stopped the warfare betwixt India and Pakistan, arsenic helium addressed a bilateral gathering with the Saudi Crown Prince.

Reacting to the development, Congress wide secretary, in-charge, communications, Jairam Ramesh said, "Just erstwhile it appeared that the claims had stopped, President Trump has reminded the satellite again."

At a gathering with the Saudi Crown Prince successful Washington yesterday, Mr. Trump reiterated his assertion that helium had intervened to guarantee Operation Sindoor was halted, Mr. Ramesh said connected X.

"Of course, helium has said this earlier successful Saudi Arabia itself arsenic good arsenic successful Qatar, Egypt, UK, Netherlands, and Japan isolated from successful galore different property interactions," the Congress person said. "The tally is present 60."

In his bilateral gathering with the Saudi Crown Prince, Mr. Trump said, "I've stopped really 8 wars. Have different 1 to spell with, (Russian President Vladimir) Putin. I'm a small amazed astatine Putin. It's taken longer than I thought, but we stopped India and Pakistan. Wish I could spell done the list. You cognize the database amended than I do."

"I'm precise proud. And I stopped 1 that was astir acceptable to commencement again. You know, there's 1 that was acceptable to start, and they're doing precise well. So, it each took spot close present successful the Oval Office, whether by telephone oregon whether they came in, galore of these leaders person travel in, and, you know, they signed their bid deals close present successful the Oval Office," Mr. Trump said arsenic the Saudi prince and his delegation listened.

Since May 10, the archetypal clip Mr. Trump announced connected societal media that India and Pakistan had agreed to a afloat and contiguous ceasefire aft a agelong nighttime of talks mediated by Washington, helium has repeated his assertion respective times that helium helped easiness tensions betwixt the 2 countries.

India has consistently denied immoderate party's intervention.

Earlier this month, the Congress took a swipe astatine Prime Minister Modi implicit Mr. Trump's assertion that India has "largely stopped buying lipid from Russia."

"What does Howdy Modi person to accidental astir each this?" the absorption enactment asked.

Published - November 19, 2025 11:31 americium IST

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