PM must call all-party meeting upon his return to brief leaders on what he told Trump: Cong

New Delhi

The Congress on Wednesday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi must immediately chair an all-party meeting upon his return from his three-nation tour to brief leaders on what he has told US President Donald Trump in a telephonic conversation and take the nation into confidence.

The opposition party also termed as a "huge setback" reports that Pakistan Army Chief Gen Asim Munir would be having lunch with Trump, and said the PM should have conveyed India's displeasure on it to the US president during their telephonic conversation.

Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh urged the government to form a "Pahalgam Review Committee" on the lines of the Kargil Review Committee that was set up three days after the Kargil War and was chaired by K Subrahmanyam, father of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.

Speaking with PTI, Ramesh said the prime minister must rebut in Parliament Trump's claims of using trade as an instrument for mediating a ceasefire between India and Pakistan.

Ramesh's remarks came after Modi spoke with President Trump and set the record straight that India had paused strikes on Pakistan during ;Operation Sindoor; following a request from Islamabad and not due to mediation or offer of a trade deal by the US.

In his 35-minute phone call with Trump on Tuesday, Modi briefed the US President on 'Operation Sindoor', launched by India against terror sites in Pakistan, and made it clear that it has never accepted any third-party mediation and will never accept it in the future, according to Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri.