"PM Modi made it clear we do not want any external mediation": BJP MP Tejasvi Surya

New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): Following the telephonic conversation between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump, BJP MP Tejasvi Surya on Wednesday said PM Modi made it clear to the world that unanimous political voice of India across all political parties is that we do not want any external mediation.
He also referred to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack which killed 25 people.
On a conversation between PM Modi & US President Trump, Surya told ANI, "This is not the first time, but India has always made it clear that in so far as Operation Sindoor was concerned, India's approach was non-escalatory....The world has taken note of the difference in the approach of India and Pakistan. India killed terrorists, but Pakistan killed innocent tourists. So there can be no equivalence between these two nations"
"In today's conversation, PM Modi has made it clear to the world and the US what India's stated position is, so far as the issue of Kashmir or India's relations with Pakistan are concerned, we have also made it clear that the unanimous political voice of India across all political parties is that we do not want any external mediation. The most important thing is that this is India's internal matter because every inch of Kashmir belongs to Bharat..."
Earlier today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a telephonic conversation with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G7 Summit, which took place in Canada. During the conversation, which lasted over half an hour, PM Modi briefed the US President about India's Operation Sindoor and firmly conveyed the message that India has never accepted and will never accept mediation on the issues with Pakistan, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri informed.
Misri noted, "Prime Minister Modi made it clear to President Trump that during this entire episode, at no time, at any level, were issues such as India-US trade deal or mediation by the US between India and Pakistan discussed. The halt to military action was discussed directly between India and Pakistan, through existing channels of the two armies, and was at the request of Pakistan."
He added, "Prime Minister Modi stressed that India has never accepted mediation, does not accept it, and will never accept it. There is complete political unanimity in India on this issue."
The remarks come after the US President had time and again claimed that he had used trade as a means for the cessation of hostilities between India and Pakistan. (ANI)