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The Congress on Wednesday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi government over reports about Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir’s lunch with US President Donald Trump in Washington DC on April 18. The Congress claimed that Indian diplomacy is being “shattered” and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “totally silent” on it.
“Field Marshal Asim Munir, the man whose inflammatory, incendiary and provocative remarks were linked directly to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attacks, is having lunch today with President Trump in the White House,” Congress general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh said in a post on X.
The April 22 Pahalgam attack in Jammu and Kashmir killing 22 people came a week after General Asim Munir sparked a row when he said Kashmir is Islamabad’s ‘jugular vein.’ The remark evoked a strong objection from New Delhi.
“Our stance is absolutely clear, it was our jugular vein, it will be our jugular vein, we will not forget it. We will not leave our Kashmiri brothers in their heroic struggle,” General Munir said in Islamabad while addressing the Overseas Pakistani Convention on April 16.
‘Trump has “trumpeted” 14 times’
Ramesh said President Trump himself has “trumpeted” 14 times that he brought about a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, meaning he ended Operation Sindoor.
“Is this why President Trump abandoned the G7 Summit a day early denying Mr. Narendra Modi a “huge hug”, he asked.
