'No Active Mediation': Shashi Tharoor Echoes Govt, Denies Trump or US Role in Op Sindoor Ceasefire
'No Active Mediation': Shashi Tharoor Echoes Govt, Denies Trump or US Role in Op Sindoor Ceasefire
Source: TOI.in
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has dismissed US President Donald Trump's claims of brokering a ceasefire between India and Pakistan during Operation Sindoor. The operation followed India's decisive strike on terror camps in Pakistan and PoK after the Pahalgam massacre. While some in Tharoor's own party question the Modi government's ceasefire strategy, the senior Congress leader echoed the government's stance, clarifying that no country actively mediated the de-escalation. Tharoor stated that several countries, including the US, France, UAE, and Saudi Arabia, contacted India, and India consistently conveyed it had no intention to escalate unless provoked.#operationsindoor #shashitharoor #trumpceasefireclaim #indiapakistanstandoff #pahalgamattack #modigovt #congress #trumpclaim #indiausrelations #ceasefirereality #nopakmediation #indiapakstandoff #globaldiplomacy #toibharat
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