NEW DELHI, June 12: The US is constantly making statements which can only be interpreted to mean that it is hyphenating India and Pakistan, the Congress said on Thursday and stressed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should leave aside his \u201cstubbornness\u201d to call an all-party meeting and a special session of Parliament.
\nCongress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh asserted in a post on X that decades of diplomatic progress cannot be allowed to be weakened so easily.
\n\u201cIt is reported that Pakistani Army Chief General Asim Munir has been invited to the event organised in Washington DC on the occasion of US Army Day (14 June). This news is a big setback for India from a diplomatic and strategic point of view,\u201d Ramesh said in the post in Hindi.
\n\u201cThis is the same person who used provocative and inciting language just before the Pahalgam terror attack \u2013 the question arises what is America\u2019s intention,\u201d the Congress general secretary said.
\nRecently, the head of the US Central Command also stated that Pakistan is a \u201cgreat partner\u201d of America in the fight against terrorism, Ramesh said.
\n\u201cThe Modi government is saying that Operation Sindoor is still going on. In such a situation, the Pakistani army chief\u2019s participation as a guest in the US Army Day is definitely a matter of serious concern,\u201d he said.
\nRamesh said the Trump administration is constantly making statements which can only be interpreted to mean that it is \u201chyphenating\u201d India and Pakistan.
\n\u201cThe prime minister is welcoming the delegation that returned after informing the entire world, including the US, about Pakistan\u2019s role in supporting terrorism, and at the same time, such news is coming from Washington DC makes India\u2019s diplomatic position even more uncomfortable,\u201d Ramesh said.
\n\u201cThe prime minister should now leave aside his stubbornness and concern for prestige and call an all-party meeting and a special session of Parliament, so that the nation can clearly express its collective will and a concrete roadmap can be presented to the country,\u201d he said.
\nDecades of diplomatic progress cannot be allowed to be weakened so easily, he added.
\nWith US Army General Michael Kurilla, Commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM), calling Pakistan a \u201cphenomenal partner\u201d in the counterterrorism world, the Congress on Wednesday asked what PM Modi had to say about this and whether it was not a \u201cdiplomatic setback\u201d.
\nThe opposition party also referred to remarks by a Trump administration spokesperson highlighting President Donald Trump\u2019s diplomatic and negotiating skills as having the power to end \u201cgenerational differences\u201d, wondering whether something is cooking in Washington DC. It asked Prime Minister Modi to issue a clarification on it.
\nRamesh had also cited a media report which claimed that Pakistan\u2019s Chief of Army Staff General Syed Asim Munir is scheduled to visit Washington DC for the US Army Day celebrations and said this is \u201canother huge diplomatic setback for India\u201d.
\nUS Army General Michael Kurilla, Commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM), has said the United States has to have a relationship with Pakistan and with India, and noted that it cannot be a \u201cbinary switch\u201d where Washington cannot have ties with Islamabad if it has relations with New Delhi.
\nKurilla made the comments during a testimony before the US House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday.
\nPakistan is \u201cin an active counterterrorism fight right now and they have been a phenomenal partner in the counterterrorism world\u201d, the general said.
\nKurilla\u2019s comments came days after an all-party Indian parliamentary delegation visited the US to convey India\u2019s strong resolve to combat terrorism emanating from Pakistan in the wake of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives. (Agencies)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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