Overview

• President Trump said at a private dinner with Republican lawmakers that “five jets were shot down” in the recent India-Pakistan conflict.
• New Delhi has acknowledged combat losses without providing specifics and says all pilots returned safely.
• Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Jairam Ramesh have demanded that Prime Minister Modi personally address the jet loss claims in Parliament.
• Plans for all-party meetings and the monsoon session are intensifying as the Opposition escalates calls for transparency.
• The government maintains that no third-party mediation occurred and that hostilities ended after direct military talks.