Rahul Inquires About Why Modi Isn't Labeling Trump a Liar
In a recent turn of events, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has implied that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's reluctance to call US President Donald Trump a liar regarding the India-Pakistan ceasefire and trade negotiations is due to a strategic reason.
Gandhi suggested that Modi is hesitant to openly refute Trump's statements to prevent the American leader from pressing for trade concessions. He argued that Trump's claims about the ceasefire and military events are politically motivated to leverage India during trade talks.
The opposition has been criticizing the decision to give the sports portfolio to a minister who was caught playing rummy. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge hinted at suspicion by saying "daal mein kuch kala hai" (there is something fishy) regarding Modi's reluctance to call Trump a liar.
Priyanka Gandhi, another Congress leader, stated that Modi and the external affairs minister should be direct in their response to Trump's repeated assertions. She even suggested that Rahul Gandhi wants Modi to say in Parliament that Trump is lying.
Rahul Gandhi also expressed his interest in seeing what kind of trade deal emerges as a result of these negotiations. He suggested that if Modi were to call Trump a liar, the American leader would "lay bare the truth."
Modi has insisted that India acted independently in the conflict and rejected Trump’s claims of US mediation, emphasizing that Pakistan sought the ceasefire due to India’s military pressure. However, Modi has refrained from directly calling Trump a liar, possibly to avoid escalating tensions with the US amid ongoing trade negotiations.
This dare in Parliament highlights Modi's reluctance and frames it as a political strategy tied to his foreign policy and trade interests. The Congress party continues to press for transparency and directness in India's dealings with foreign leaders.
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War-and-conflicts discussions and policy-and-legislation debates are prevalent in the general-news, as the refusal of Prime Minister Modi to label US President Trump a liar over India-Pakistan ceasefire and trade negotiations continues to be a contentious issue. Crime-and-justice also surfaces, with the opposition questioning the fairness of a minister handling the sports portfolio who was caught playing rummy (Source 1, Source 3). The politics surrounding this incident is raising red flags, with Congress leaders suggesting that Modi's reluctance stems from a strategic reason tied to trade concessions and foreign policy (Source 2, Source 4).
