PM Modi: No world leader told India to stop Op Sindoor, Cong shedding tears with terrorists

'May 10 ceasefire was agreed only after Pakistan pleaded, not due to any foreign pressure'

- VINAY KUMAR

Reiterating the government's stand that the ceasefire on May 10 was agreed to after Pakistan pleaded for one, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Tuesday that no world leader had asked India to stop Operation Sindoor.

Responding to the two-day debate on Operation Sindoor and the Pahalgam terror attack in the Lok Sabha, PM Modi lashed out at the Opposition and Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi, who asked why he had not rebutted US President Donald Trump's repeated claim of getting India and Pakistan to agree to a ceasefire.

In a blistering attack on the Congress for "importing issues from Pakistan", PM Modi said the opposition party is joining terrorists and their masterminds in shedding tears after the victorious Indian military action. He said the government got world's support but sadly none from the Congress.

Replying to an over 16-hour discussion in the Lok Sabha, Modi rebutted the Opposition's charge over President Trump's repeated claims of mediating "ceasefire", saying he had told US Vice President JD Vance on May 9 night that Pakistan will pay dearly for any attack on India.

In his 102-minute speech, the prime minister lauded India's military action as a "vijayotsav" (victory celebration) and told the House amid cheers from the treasury benches that he was presenting the "stand of Bharat".