"Who gave you the mandate?": RJD MP Manoj Jha after Trump's mediation offer on Kashmir

India Gazette

11-05-2025

New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Manoj Jha on Sunday slammed US President Donald Trump after he offered to mediate between India and Pakistan on the Kashmir issue, asking the Government of India to lodge a strong protest.
Speaking to ANI, Jha asked President Trump to improve his 'General Knowledge'.
'Who are you to decide? Who gave you the mandate? First, you need to improve your general knowledge because that country (Pakistan) was born 78 years ago, and you're using a metaphor of 1,000 years. Don't make the mistake of thinking of us as a geopolitical football. There should be a strong protest from our government on this,' Manoj Jha said.
He also targeted the US President for announcing ceasefire between the two countries, even before India could brief on the issue.
'We were the victims, and we responded with precision by ensuring there were no civilian casualties and by targeting the 9 terror sites. But we lost our people, our officers. This shows the difference between two armies -- the professional Indian Army and the Army of a rogue state, Pakistan. However, before we could even give our official briefing, the US President announced a ceasefire, which is not right, even as per the Simla Agreement. The government tried to refute this claim and said there had been no such intervention. But this attempt by the so-called 'sarpanch' (village head) of the whole world is not appropriate for a democratic country like ours,' the RJD MP said.
Congress MP Pramod Tiwari demanded an all-party meeting and a special session of the Parliament on these 'sensitive matters.'
'A high-level all-party meeting should be convened immediately under the leadership of the Prime Minister. A special session of Parliament must be called on these sensitive matters so that we can ask questions and know the truth. Do we need to tune in to Washington Radio to find out?' Tiwari said.
This came after President Trump on Sunday welcomed the cessation of hostilities between India and Pakistan saying that millions of people could have died if the peace had not been worked out. The US President was making a reference to a potential nuclear fallout between the two nations.
In a post on Truth Social, the US President said, 'I am very proud of the strong and unwaveringly powerful leadership of India and Pakistan for having the strength, wisdom, and fortitude to fully know and understand that it was time to stop the current aggression that could have led to the death and destruction of so many, and so much. Millions of good and innocent people could have died! Your legacy is greatly enhanced by your brave actions.'
Trump continued to hold on to the claim that the US had helped broker peace and offered to mediate for a solution on Kashmir.
'I am proud that the USA was able to help you arrive at this historic and heroic decision. While not even discussed, I am going to increase trade, substantially, with both of these great Nations. Additionally, I will work with you both to see if, after a 'thousand years,' a solution can be arrived at concerning Kashmir. God Bless the leadership of India and Pakistan on a job well done!!!'
India has time and again rejected any third-party intervention on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir and has unequivocally expressed that the region is an integral part of India.
On Saturday, India also played down the role of the US in achieving an agreement on cessation of hostilities saying that the understanding had been reached between DGMOs of the two countries. (ANI)