Congress leader Jairam Ramesh.
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New Delhi: Congress on Thursday pounded on the Narendra Modi government over a US Commission report mentioning "Pakistan's military success over India" in a four-day clash, saying it is "yet another severe setback" to India's diplomacy and asked whether the Prime Minister and Ministry of External Affairs register their protest.
General Secretary (Communications) Jairam Ramesh said hours after the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission about Pakistan achieving ‘military success over India’ during Operation Sindoor, and the US President Donald Trump 'trumpeted for the 61st time,' the claim that he brought an end to Operation Sindoor by threatening to impose tariffs of 350 per cent on India.
In a post on 'X', he said the 12 member US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, jointly set up by the US Senate and House of Representatives, has released it 2025 annual report that runs into around 800 pages and the sections on pages 108 and 109 are "simply astonishing and beyond understanding".
"It describes the Pahalgam terror attack of April 2025 orchestrated by Pakistan as an ‘insurgent attack.’ It also speaks of ‘Pakistan's military success over India’ in the four-day clash. President Trump has claimed 60 times (so far) that he had halted Operation Sindoor. The PM has kept completely quiet. Now comes this report that is simply unacceptable to India. Will the PM and the MEA register their objections and protest? Our diplomacy has suffered yet another severe setback," he said.
In a separate post after Trump made a reference to Operation Sindoor, he said the US President has spoken about it for the 61st time and said the Prime Minister has "has kept completely quiet". "He did this yesterday as well, during a US-Saudi Arabia conclave in which the Saudi Crown Prince was also present," he added.
The US report said China's role in the May 7-10 clash between Pakistan's and India's militaries drew global attention as Pakistan's military relied upon Chinese weaponry and reportedly leveraged Chinese intelligence.
"Pakistan's military success over India in its four-day clash showcased Chinese weaponry. While characterisation of this conflict as a 'proxy war' may overstate China's role as an instigator, Beijing opportunistically leveraged the conflict to test and advertise the sophistication of its weapons, useful in the contexts of its ongoing border tensions with India and its expanding defence industry goals," it said.