PM Modi should break his silence on US president's claims: Congress

US President Donald Trump's claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked him to mediate on "Kashmir issue", has stoked a controversy in the Indian political quarters, with opposition parties asking Modi to clarify his stance and 'break silence' on the matter."Deeply disturbing & distressing is the @POTUS claim that PM Modi made a request to him for mediation on Kashmir! No Indian PM has ever dared to breach the cardinal principle of 'no third party mediation' in terms of 1972 Simla Agreement. Why is PM mum?" tweeted Randeep Singh Surjewala, Congress spokesperson."India has never accepted third party mediation in Jammu & Kashmir! To ask a foreign power to mediate in J & K by PM Modi is a sacrilegious betrayal of country's interests. Let PM answer to the Nation!" he said in an earlier tweet."Is Govt of India going to call @realDonaldTrump a liar or has there been an undeclared shift in India's position on third party involvement in #Kashmir?" tweeted NC leader Omar ...