NEW DELHI: A major political confrontation erupted on Thursday after Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh highlighted what he described as "uncomfortable and unsettling" details in a recent report of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, which referred to the Pahalgam terror strike as an "insurgent attack".
His remarks, shared on X along with excerpts from the report submitted to the US Congress, prompted a sharp exchange between the ruling BJP and the Congress.
Ramesh criticised the Centre for remaining silent on what he termed a distorted account and asked, "Will the PM and the MEA register their objections and protest?"
Senior leader Pawan Khera told IANS that the US panel's description was unacceptable and added, "This is a report from the US. Earlier, President Donald Trump also made similar claims more than fifty times, to which the Prime Minister has not responded so far, which is very unfortunate. The report also mentions that during Operation Sindoor, China openly supported Pakistan."
"Around 83 per cent of Pakistan's arms purchases come from China, and yet we seem to be following the friend of our enemy, trying to appease them. What kind of foreign policy is this?" he questioned.