Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his description of India and the U.S. as “natural partners,” the Congress on Wednesday (September 10, 2025) asked whether the partnership was so “natural” that U.S. President Donald Trump had, on “over 35 different occasions”, claimed credit for brokering an India-Pakistan ceasefire using trade as leverage.

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