New Delhi, India | July 30, 2025: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar today delivered a strong statement in the Rajya Sabha during the discussion on ‘Operation Sindoor,’ directly addressing claims and clarifying India’s diplomatic position. He emphatically stated that there were no phone calls between then-US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi from April 22 to June 16, 2025.
“Main unko kehna chahta hun, woh kaan kholke sun le. 22 April se 16 June tak, ek bhi phone call President Trump aur Prime Minister Modi ke beech mein nahi hua,” Jaishankar declared in the Upper House of Parliament, urging his counterparts to listen carefully to this factual clarification. This statement comes amidst ongoing political debates and implications regarding international mediation during the period of ‘Operation Sindoor’.
Jaishankar further underscored India’s unwavering stance against any third-party mediation in matters concerning India and Pakistan. He asserted that any dialogue between the two nations must remain strictly bilateral and that for any cessation of conflict, Pakistan must formally initiate the request through the Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) channel.
“…When Operation Sindoor commenced, a number of countries were in touch with us to see how serious the situation was and how long it would go… We gave the same message to all the countries… that we were not open to any mediation. Anything between us and Pakistan will only be bilateral… And that we were responding to the Pakistani attack, and we would keep responding. If that fighting was to stop, Pakistan must make a request. And that request could only come through the channel of the DGMO…,” Jaishankar elaborated, highlighting India’s firm and consistent diplomatic messaging.
The Union Minister then shifted his focus to the Congress party, criticizing them for being “uncomfortable with history.” He made these remarks while discussing India’s recent decision to put the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance, a move that followed the tragic Pahalgam terror attack.
Jaishankar highlighted what he termed Congress’s “mistakes” in the Rajya Sabha regarding the historical handling of the treaty, emphasizing the critical importance of this agreement for India. “The Indus Water Treaty in many ways is a very unique agreement. I cannot think of any agreement in the world where a country has allowed its major rivers to flow to the next country without having rights on that river. To recall the history of this event. Yesterday, I heard people, some people, are uncomfortable with history. They prefer that historical things be forgotten. Maybe it does not suit them, they only like to recall some things,” Jaishankar remarked, implying selective historical memory on the part of the opposition.
The External Affairs Minister went on to directly target Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister, over his statement in Parliament back in 1960 concerning the Indus Waters Treaty. “On November 30th 1960. He (Jawaharlal Nehru) says I would like to know if this house is to judge the quantum of supply of water or money to be given. People objected to that. PM also said, ‘Let me do this treaty for the interest of Pakistani Punjab, not a word about farmers of Kashmir or Punjab. Not a word about Rajasthan or Gujarat,” Jaishankar quoted, seeking to underscore a perceived oversight by Nehru regarding Indian interests.
Jaishankar concluded by asserting that Prime Minister Modi has “corrected” Jawaharlal Nehru’s “mistakes” in the handling of the Indus Waters Treaty, and implicitly, in the context of Article 370, which was abrogated by the Modi government in 2019.