‘Shut Donald’s mouth or close McDonald’s’: Congress MP hits out over Trump's India-Pakistan ceasefire claims

During the ongoing Monsoon Session, Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda questioned the Centre's silence over US President Donald Trump's repeated claims of brokering a ceasefire between India and Pakistan.

Speaking during a debate on Operation Sindoor in Lok Sabha, Hooda said that US President Donald Trump claimed “28 times” that he brokered peace between India and Pakistan, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi has never contradicted him.

He also targetted the popular American fast food chain and said that the Centre must either "shut Donald’s mouth or close McDonald’s" in India.

Trump has been repeatedly claiming that he brokered the ceasefire between India and Pakistan after New Delhi targeted terror bases in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack that left 26 civilians dead. India, on the other hand, has stressed that it was Pakistan that reached out for peace.

"The US must decide what kind of relationship it wants with India. India is a world power. The US cannot equate India with Pakistan," Hooda said.

#WATCH | Speaking on Operation Sindoor in the House, Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda says, "...Donald (Trump) ko chup karao, Donald ka muh band karao ya phir Hindustan mein McDonald's ko band karao..." pic.twitter.com/tJQHTrL6qa

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He said even the Centre faces a choice: either talk to the US and ensure Trump does not make false claims or "shut down McDonald's in India". The US, it said, cannot ride two horses at the same time.

While the Congress leader explained that he made the McDonald's reference to stress that false claims and business cannot go together, the BJP mocked him for referring to the fast food chain.

After Hooda’s speech, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar addressed the House and dismissed the claims by Trump on the ceasefire, without naming him.

“On May 9, US Vice President JD Vance called the Prime Minister, warning of a massive Pakistani attack in the next two hours. The PM, in his response, made it very clear that if such an attack happens, it would meet an appropriate response from our side. That attack took place and was foiled by our armed forces on May 9-10. Our response was delivered. Every member has seen satellite pictures of Pakistani air bases. You can see pictures. On May 10, we received phone calls, sharing the impression that Pakistan was ready to cease the fight. Our position was that if Pakistan was ready, we needed to get this request from the Pakistani side through the DGMO channels. At no stage, in any conversation with the United States, was there any linkage with trade and what was going on," he added.

Jaishankar also no telephonic conversation was held between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump from April 22 to June 17.