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Ramesh stated the Congress considers that the point out of ”impartial web site” by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio for dialogue between India and Pakistan.
LoP in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi with get together President Mallikarjun Kharge. (PTI file photograph)
The Congress on Sunday demanded that an all-party assembly chaired by the prime minister be held and a particular session of Parliament convened for an in depth dialogue on the Pahalgam incident, Operation Sindoor and the understanding reached between India and Pakistan to cease all firing and navy motion.
Congress normal secretary Jairam Ramesh posed a number of inquiries to the federal government, together with whether or not New Delhi has opened the doorways to 3rd get together intervention between India and Pakistan, and whether or not diplomatic channels with Pakistan have been opened.
His remarks got here after India and Pakistan on Saturday reached an understanding to cease all firings and navy actions on land, air and sea, with rapid impact after 4 days of intense cross-border drone and missile strikes.
In a put up on X, he stated, “The Indian National Congress reiterates its demand for an all-party meet chaired by the PM and for a special session of Parliament for a full discussion on Pahalgam, Operation Sindoor, and the ceasefire announcements made from Washington DC first and then subsequently by the Governments of India and Pakistan”.
Ramesh stated the Congress considers that the point out of “neutral site” by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio for dialogue between India and Pakistan raises many questions.
“Have we abandoned the Simla Agreement? Have we opened the doors to third-party mediation?” he requested “The Indian National Congress would like to ask if diplomatic channels between India and Pakistan are being reopened? What commitments have we sought and got?,” he requested.
The Ministry of Data and Broadcasting on Saturday stated there was no resolution to carry talks on some other challenge at some other place.
This assertion got here after US Secretary of State Rubio stated “the governments of India and Pakistan have agreed to an immediate ceasefire and to start talks on a broad set of issues at a neutral site.” The Congress chief additionally referred to reported remarks of two former military chiefs V P Malik and Manoj Narwane on the understanding reached between India and Pakistan, and stated they demand solutions from the prime minister himself.
“Finally, the Indian National Congress believes it is but natural for the country to recall Indira Gandhi for her extraordinarily courageous and resolute leadership in 1971,” Ramesh stated.
In one other put up, the Congress chief stated, On November 9, 1981, the IMF authorized a USD 5.8 billion mortgage to India.
“The US had sturdy objections to it and had abstained from the Govt Board assembly. However Indira Gandhi was in a position to persuade the IMF that the mortgage was needed for India to have the ability to cope with the tripling of oil costs.
“On Feb 29, 1984, when Pranab Mukherjee presented the Budget she had got him to announce that India had concluded the IMF programme successfully and that it was NOT drawing about USD 1.3 billion of the amount approved. This is perhaps unique in the annals of IMF’s history,” Ramesh noticed.
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