On Op Sindoor anniversary, Congress questions govt’s silence on Trump’s truce claims
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh questions the Centre’s silence over Donald Trump’s repeated claims of mediating the Operation Sindoor ceasefire
A year after Operation Sindoor, the political fallout around the military campaign has sharpened, with Congress leader Jairam Ramesh accusing the Centre of remaining conspicuously silent on repeated claims by the Trump administration that President Trump played a decisive role in securing the India-Pakistan ceasefire.
He asked why the Centre never directly rebutted Trump and his officials on the origins of the May 10 ceasefire.
Washington’s first signal
In a post on X marking the anniversary of the operation, Ramesh said the first public indication that hostilities would stop did not come from India or Pakistan, but from Washington.
"The first announcement of the ceasefire that halted Operation Sindoor unexpectedly was made at 5:37 PM IST on May 10 2025, by the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who claimed that it was intervention by President Trump that had made this possible."
No official rebuttal
Ramesh further stated that the issue became more serious as Trump continued repeating the claim across multiple international appearances without any official pushback from New Delhi.
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"Subsequently, the US President has repeated this claim over a hundred times in different countries without ever having been refuted even once by his good friend Prime Minister Narendra Modi," Ramesh wrote.
CDS’ remarks revisited
Ramesh also cited subsequent military disclosures to question the government’s handling of the operation. Referring to remarks by Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan, he wrote, "The Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan made a statement in Singapore on May 30 2025, where he had said that India had suffered initial losses as a result of tactical errors..."
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He further pointed to later comments by Indian defence officials in Jakarta and by senior Army leadership, linking them to wider strategic concerns involving Pakistan and China, while arguing that the diplomatic narrative around Operation Sindoor remains unsettled.