Parliament Monsoon Session Day 7 LIVE: Ceasefire between India and Pakistan had no linkage with US trade, says EAM Jaishankar

The BJP on Monday (July 28, 2025) accused the Congress, including its senior leader P. Chidambaram, of “speaking the language” of Pakistan on the Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor. 

Speaking to the media inside the Parliament complex, Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan asked why Mr. Chidambaram was asking for proof of Pakistan’s involvement in the terror attack. “They had sought a discussion on Operation Sindoor. When the government is ready for discussion, why are they running away from it?” he said, alleging that the Congress and Mr. Chidambaram were speaking the language of Pakistan.

The Congress leadership reached out to the party’s Lok Sabha member from Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor on whether he would like to participate in the debate on Operation Sindoor but Mr. Tharoor declined and instead expressed desire to speak on The Indian Ports Bill, 2025, party sources said on Monday (July 28, 2025).

Mr. Tharoor’s position on Operation Sindoor and the Pahalgam terror attack has been at odds with his party’s official position.

Opposition parties, led by the Congress, on Monday (July 28, 2025) questioned the Centre over “security lapses” which had led to the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22. The parties also attacked the government over the sudden “ceasefire” declaration and as well as claims made by U.S. President Donald Trump on having brokered it. 

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday (July 28, 2025) asserted that Operation Sindoor, launched in response to the Pahalgam terror attack, was only “paused” and the military action will resume if Pakistan indulged in any fresh misadventure.

Opening the debate on Operation Sindoor in the Lok Sabha, Mr. Singh asserted that “decisive action has replaced dossiers” and new India can go to any extent to uproot terrorism. He said the idea behind the military strikes was not to start a war but force the adversary to bend through demonstrative use of force. 

Rajya Sabha failed to function on Monday (July 28, 2025) as the Opposition MPs continued to protest over the issue of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Bihar. This is the sixth consecutive sitting when no significant business could be transacted in the Upper House of Parliament.