Congress considers US-Iran ceasefire as ‘severe setback’ to PM Modi’s diplomacy

The Congress party termed the US-Iran ceasefire as a severe setback for India and PM Modi’s diplomacy after Pakistan emerged as a key player at the global stage.

On Wednesday, Donald Trump announced a 14-day ceasefire, with Iran also accepting it.

Congress  leader Jairam Ramesh on X wrote that the entire world welcomed this ceasefire, saying, “The entire world will cautiously welcome the two-week ceasefire in the West Asia conflict between the US and Israel on the one side and Iran on the other.” 

However, he considered the ceasefire by terming it as ‘severe setback’ to PM Modi’s diplomacy. “The role played by Pakistan in bringing about the ceasefire is a severe setback to both the substance and style of Mr. Modi’s highly personalised  diplomacy,” he wrote.

He also said that Modi government policy failed to isolate Pakistan for its continuous support to terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir and convince the world it was a ‘failed state’ after Pakistan mediated a ceasefire.

He also praised Dr Manmohan Singh who had accomplished this goal after the Mumbai Terror attacks, “The policy to isolate Pakistan for its continuing support to terrorism in J&K and to convince the world that it is a failed state has clearly not succeeded  - unlike what Dr. Manmohan Singh had accomplished after the Mumbai terror attacks,” he said.

Ramesh also pointed out that PM Modi’s Israel visit diminished India’s global stature and standing due to it was just  two days before the war began on February 28. 

”These had started just two days after Prime Minister Modi had completed his much-trumpeted visit to Israel, a visit that diminished India’s global stature and standing.”

“But now the self-styled Vishwaguru stands thoroughly exposed, his self-declared 56-inch chest shrunk and shrivelled,” he mocked.

In this tweet he again raised a question against Operation Sindoor, by saying, “He or his team has also never explained why Op Sindoor was suddenly and abruptly halted on May 10th 2025.”