Bhubaneswar, July 11 -- Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) while accusing them of "peddling lies" and said that the PM lacked the courage to speak against Donald Trump.

Citing the "ceasefire" announcement by US President Donald Trump during the India and Pakistan conflict after the Pahalgam terror attack, Kharge lashed out at PM Modi, saying that the Prime Minister lacks the courage to speak against Trump.

"I want to tell you about the lies being peddled by Modi and the BJP? When the India-Pakistan war was going on, Donald Trump said that he ended the India-Pakistan war and that he told them to stop. Trump said this 16 times. ...