'Jairam Ramesh is a congenital liar': BJP on Congress leader's jibe at PM Modi's phone call with Trump

"Jairam Ramesh is a congenital liar — much like Rahul Gandhi. He is now peddling yet another falsehood, claiming that Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri’s statement doesn’t match the U.S. readout — while dramatically waving his phone around. But here is the catch: the readout he is citing is from January 2025! And there is no official U.S. release yet on the latest call," BJP spokesperson Amit Malviya said in a post on X

This comes after Jairam's reaction to the 35-minute phone call between Modi and President Trump, in which the Indian PM stressed that New Delhi has never asked for, and will never accept, third-party mediation to resolve the issue of Pakistan's illegal occupation of parts of Jammu and Kashmir.

Modi spoke with Trump over Operation Sindoor, which was launched by India on terror hubs in Pakistan and PoK last month, days after a terror attack in the Pahalgam region of Jammu and Kashmir left 26 people dead.

Speaking on the conversation between the two leaders, Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said: "PM Modi stressed that India never accepted mediation nor does it accept it now, nor will it ever do that. On this issue, there is full political unanimity."

Reacting to the Foreign Secretary's statement detailing the phone call between the two leaders, Jairam claimed that the facts stated by the officer did not match the readout released by the White House.

"For 37 days the Prime Minister did not say anything... today we are told he had a 35-minute call with President Trump... (who) has also put out a statement from the White House. There is a difference between the two statements... Why cannot the PM call an all-party meet (and) say the same thing (he told Mr Trump) in Parliament. Take opposition leaders into confidence and say the same thing..." he told the ANI.

Later in a post, the Congress leader said: "Field Marshall Asim Munir, the man whose inflammatory, incendiary and provocative remarks were linked directly to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attacks, is having lunch today with President Trump in the White House. Is this why President Trump abandoned the G7 Summit a day early denying Mr. Narendra Modi a huge hug?"

"President Trump himself has trumpeted 14 times that he brought about a ceasefire between India and Pakistan meaning he ended Operation Sindoor.Gen. Michael Kurilla, the US Central Command Chief calls Pakistan a 'phenomenal' partner in counter-terrorism operations.

"This is triple jhatka to Howdy Modi by Namaste Trump! Indian diplomacy is being shattered and the PM is totally silent.  And tomorrow is the fifth anniversary of his (in)famous clean chit to China," he said.

Malviya claimed that the readout the Congress leader was referring to was from January 2025 and that there is no official U.S. release yet on the latest call between Modi and Trump yet.

The White House website and social media handles showed no release of any such readout.

The timing of the telephone conversation assumes significance since it occurred just hours before Trump's scheduled meeting with the Pakistani Army Chief at the White House over a private luncheon.

Munir is currently visiting the USA.

Meanwhile, Misri said Trump asked Modi to visit the US while returning from Canada, where the Indian leader visited to attend the G7 Meeting.

"Due to prior commitments, PM Modi expressed his inability to do so," the Indian official said.