# Ex-CDS says DGMOs decided ceasefire, rejects Trump mediation claim 2026-08-26T03:42:10+00:00 | World & Diplomacy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Former Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan has said the ceasefire between India and Pakistan during Operation Sindoor was decided solely by the two countries' Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs), rejecting claims by US President Donald Trump that he mediated the end of hostilities. Speaking at the Vivekananda Centre in New Delhi, Chauhan said he did not see the role of anyone else in the decision. Chauhan added that the information about the ceasefire appeared to have been leaked to the Americans from the Pakistani side, not from India. India has repeatedly maintained that the ceasefire was reached after Pakistan's DGMO requested a halt to military action following Indian strikes under Operation Sindoor. Trump has claimed on several occasions that US diplomatic pressure, including threats of high trade tariffs, brought an end to the fighting. Both sources report Chauhan's remarks as a direct rebuttal of Trump's version. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both outlets report Chauhan's remarks without comment, staying close to his spoken words. Times Now gives more space to Trump's earlier claims and to India's official position that the ceasefire was a bilateral DGMO understanding, which strengthens the government's narrative of no external role. Odisha TV's shorter account stays with Chauhan's rejection. Neither source probes the unanswered question Chauhan himself raised: how the ceasefire information reached the Americans before India announced it. The timing of that leak remains unexplained. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 1 pro-government, 1 neutral - timesnownews.com (pro government) Leads with rejection of Trump's claim, foregrounds India's official bilateral DGMO account - odishatv.in (neutral report) Straight account of Chauhan's remarks, no additional context or counter-claims This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-26T13:57:16+00:00. Tags: Anil Chauhan, DGMO, Donald Trump, India, Operation Sindoor, Pakistan Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/ex-cds-rejects-trumps-claim-of-mediating-india-pak-ceasefire/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/ex-cds-rejects-trumps-claim-of-mediating-india-pak-ceasefire/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/