At the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi used his platform to target Pakistan.
With Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in attendance, Modi said the Pahalgam terror attack was “an assault on India’s soul” and insisted that “some countries openly support terrorism.” He pressed fellow members to oppose terrorism without “double standards.”
Yet Modi has not presented evidence linking Pakistan to the Pahalgam assault, making his remarks more accusatory than substantiated.
Coming so soon after being publicly humiliated by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, Modi’s rhetoric appears more like defiance than diplomacy.
Critics suggest that instead of doubling down on hubris, India’s leader should pursue normalization with its neighbor, easing tensions and working toward regional stability through the SCO.