Bengaluru, May 15 -- Karnataka Labour Minister Santosh Lad on Thursday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding a "clear reason" must be given for reaching the understanding of a "ceasefire" between India and Pakistan.

"We don't accept your (PM Modi's) speech, just tell us clearly what was the reason for the ceasefire. Where are those who attacked our people in Pahalgam? PM must speak about it," Lad told reporters here.

Questioning the Prime Minister, he cited the statements made by US President Donald Trump, where the latter has claimed that "ceasefire" happened because he brought up the issue of trade. The Karnataka minister also questioned PM Modi over his silence on the presence of an American airbase in Pakistan.

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