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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has once again denied any involvement of world leaders pressuring India to cease fighting Pakistan during their recent conflict, despite US President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that he facilitated peace.
India and Pakistan engaged in a fierce four-day clash in May, resulting in over 70 casualties on both sides before Trump announced a ceasefire between the two nuclear-armed nations.
“None of the world leaders asked us to halt our operations,” Modi stated during a debate in Parliament about “Operation Sindoor,” the military offensive launched against Pakistan in May. However, he did not directly mention Trump by name in his remarks.
Modi further asserted that it was Pakistan that begged India to stop fighting after experiencing the “pressure of our attacks.” The conflict was ignited by an April attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that killed 26 tourists, with India accusing Pakistan of supporting the attackers—a charge Islamabad denied.
Trump has repeatedly claimed to have brokered peace between India and Pakistan, most recently on Monday, when he said, “If I wasn’t here, you’d currently have six major wars happening. India would be fighting with Pakistan.”
Gandhi, from the opposition Congress party, challenged Modi to publicly acknowledge in Parliament that Trump was lying.
Earlier on Tuesday, Home Minister Amit Shah reported that three Pakistani militants involved in the Kashmir attack were killed during a military operation. Although the conflict brought the two nations dangerously close to war, Trump intervened with a ceasefire before either side officially declared one.
In the aftermath, opposition parties in India questioned the possibility of third-party mediation, a claim New Delhi has consistently denied.
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