Modi, Jaishankar using ‘gol-mol’ words; should directly say Trump lying about ceasefire: Priyanka

Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar of giving “gol-mol” (evasive) answers during the Operation Sindoor debate, asking them to directly say that US President Donald Trumo is lying about his ceasefire claim.

“The words used by PM Modi and EAM Dr S Jaishankar, if you carefully listen to them, are ‘gol-mol’ words. Rahul Gandhi said yesterday as well, they should directly say that the American President is lying,” Priyanka told reporters outside Parliament.

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Her latest remarks came after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, while intervening in the debate on Operation Sindoor, reiterated in the Rajya Sabha that PM Modi and US President Donald Trump did not speak on phone between April 22 and June 16.

“I want to tell them. ‘Kaan khol ke sun le’ (listen carefully): There was no phone call between Prime Minister Modi and President Trump from April 22 to June 16,” the minister asserted.

He also rejected the claims that the US used trade to force India and Pakistan to agree to the ceasefire, saying “There was no leader anywhere in the world who asked India to stop its operations. There was no linkage with trade. There were no calls between our Prime Minister and President Trump.”

Trump has claimed on various ocassions that he used trade to persuade India and Pakistan for a ceasefire during their brief conflict in May early this year.

Notebly, the US president was the first to announce the ceasefire between India and Pakistan, even as the government claims the cessation of firing was directly negotiated by the armies of the two countries.