Overview
- Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said Pakistan has paid no price internationally for the April 22, 2025 Pahalgam terror attack, calling it a failure of the Modi government’s diplomacy.
- Ramesh posted his remarks on X, accusing the prime minister of prioritising image over outcomes and dubbing it “MODI governance — Maximum Optics Damaging India.”
- The comments came after Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif attended Trump’s Board of Peace event in Washington and interacted with the US president and other leaders.
- At the event, Trump reiterated that he pressured India and Pakistan to stop fighting in 2024, including by threatening a 200 percent tariff, a claim India counters with its consistent rejection of third-party intervention.
- Coverage also referenced the India AI Impact Summit, highlighted by the government as a marquee Global South initiative and cited by critics as emblematic of optics-focused outreach.