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U.S. President Trump has repeated his declare that he solved the India-Pakistan battle earlier this yr with commerce and asserted that he ought to get the Nobel Peace Prize for “ending seven wars. | Photo Credit: Reuters
PM Modi will tackle the nation at 5 p.m. on Sunday (September 21), his workplace stated. However, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) gave no indication of the topic of his tackle within the night.
His tackle will come on the eve of Navratri, the day from when the revised GST charges will kick in, with the costs of numerous merchandise set to return down.
In a publish on X, Congress General Secretary in-charge Communications Jairam Ramesh stated, “As the PM prepares to address the nation, his good friend in Washington D.C. has once again stolen his thunder and claimed — for the 42nd time — that he stopped Operation Sindoor by using increased trade with America as leverage.”
President Trump has made these claims not solely at residence within the United States, but additionally in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UK, Mr. Ramesh stated.
“Will the PM address these claims and speak of the increasingly fraught Indo-US relationship? Will he address the concerns of lakhs of Indian H-1B holders? Will he provide some assurances to the crores of farmers and workers who stand to lose their livelihood due to his good friend’s tariffs? Or will he just repeat what we all know on the new GST rates — worked out under desperation and which become effective tomorrow?” the Congress chief stated.
In a sudden transfer that can vastly affect expert Indian professionals within the U.S., President Trump has ordered a steep hike within the annual H-1B non-immigrant visa payment to $100,000.
The Trump administration, nevertheless, has clarified that the brand new $100,000 payment for H-1B visas is a one-time fee relevant solely to new petitions and doesn’t apply to present visa holders.
Also, Mr. Trump has repeated his declare that he solved the India-Pakistan battle earlier this yr with commerce and asserted that he ought to get the Nobel Peace Prize for “ending seven wars”.
Since May 10, when Mr. Trump introduced on social media that India and Pakistan had agreed to a full and speedy ceasefire after a protracted evening of talks mediated by Washington, he has repeated his declare a number of occasions that he helped settle the tensions between India and Pakistan.
India has constantly denied any third-party intervention.
“On the world stage, we are once again doing things that we are just respected at a level that we have never been respected before. We are forging peace agreements, and we are stopping wars. So we stopped wars between India and Pakistan, Thailand and Cambodia,” Mr. Trump stated on the American Cornerstone Institute Founder’s Dinner on Saturday (September 20).
He went on to say, “Think of India and Pakistan. Think of that. And you know how I stopped that — with trade. They want to trade. And I have great respect for both leaders. But when you take a look at all of these wars that we’ve stopped.” “Just look at that. India, Pakistan, Thailand, Cambodia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kosovo and Serbia, Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia, Rwanda and the Congo. We stopped all of them. And 60% of them were stopped because of trade,” the U.S. President claimed.
He added that “like with India, I said, ‘look, we’re not going to do any trade if you’re going to fight and they have nuclear weapons. They stopped.”
India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, concentrating on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam assault that killed 26 civilians. India and Pakistan reached an understanding on May 10 to finish the battle after 4 days of intense cross-border drone and missile strikes.
India has been constantly sustaining that the understanding on cessation of hostilities with Pakistan was reached following direct talks between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of the 2 militaries.
Published – September 21, 2025 02:32 pm IST
