New Delhi

US President Donald trump’s offer to negotiate between India and Pakistan has raised a storm of sort with politicians from all sides slamming him for unnecessarily meddling in the affairs of India.

MP Priyanka Chaturvedi said that India does not need an intervention of any country to find a solution to the Kashmir after US President Donald Trump offered mediation on the issue.

In a post on X, Priyanka asserted that India must rise up to the challenge without any country's intervention.

We don’t need a US intervention or of that of any other country to find a solution on Kashmir. Destiny has given us that responsibility and India must rise up to that challenge.

— Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳 (@priyankac19) May 11, 2025

This came after President Trump on Sunday welcomed the cessation of hostilities between India and Pakistan saying that millions of people could have died if the peace had not been worked out. The US President was making a reference to a potential nuclear fallout between the two nations.

On Saturday, India also played down the role of the US in achieving an agreement on cessation of hostilities saying that the understanding had been reached between DGMOs of the two countries.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that India has maintained a consistent stand against terrorism. "India and Pakistan have today worked out an understanding on stoppage of firing and military action. India has consistently maintained a firm and uncompromising stance against terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. It will continue to do so," he said.

Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal slammed US President Donald Trump over his offer saying "many questions" will be raised following this post, and how "misinformation" was given to the opposition regarding the issue.

He further appealed to the Union Government to call an all-party meeting and a special parliament session over the developments that have taken place in the past few days.

Congress leader Sachin Pilot also reacted to the Trump's offer. he said:

#WATCH | Delhi | Congress leader Sachin Pilot says, "...The Indian armed forces have again shown that they are second to none... The chain of events in the last 24 hours has changed rapidly. We were surprised by the fact that US President Donald Trump announced the ceasefire, it… pic.twitter.com/tcXTYzSemp

— ANI (@ANI) May 11, 2025

Earlier, Congress MP Manish Tewari on Sunday said that the issue is not a "biblical 100-year-old conflict", but only started 78 years ago.

In a post on X, Tewari said, "Someone in the US establishment needs to seriously educate their President @POTUS @realDonaldTrump that Kashmir is not a biblical 1000-year-old conflict. It started on October 22, 1947 - 78 years ago when Pakistan invaded the Independent State of Jammu & Kashmir that subsequently was ceded to India in' FULL' by Maharaja Hari Singh on October 26, 1947 that includes areas illegally occupied by Pakistan till now. How difficult is it to grasp this simple fact?."