New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday criticised Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar on Friday, saying that the latter should focus on dealing with the 'collapse of Indian diplomacy' rather than talk about the Emergency.

'EAM would be well advised to deal with the complete collapse of Indian diplomacy. Indian diplomacy has taken huge hits in the last couple of weeks. He should be worried about repairing the damage to Indian diplomacy rather than getting into the history of what happened 50 years ago,' the Congress leader told ANI.

Earlier today, EAM Jaishankar aimed at the Congress party, stating that one family's interests were placed above the nation while remembering the 50th anniversary of the imposition of the Emergency.

'All this happened because of one family... There's a movie titled 'Kissa Kursi Ka', and these three words aptly tell the reason behind the imposition of the Emergency. When a family is considered above the nation, things like the Emergency take place,' Jaishankar said.

Congress' Rajya Sabha MP also demanded answers regarding the India-US trade deal and the incessant claims of President Trump on managing the hostilities between India and Pakistan.

'What I can tell the EAM is to please tell us what President Trump is saying. What is his trade deal? Why is President Trump repeatedly claiming credit for the ceasefire?' he said.

Taking potshots at the Prime Minister Jairam Ramesh, questioned why the nation, other political parties, including the opposition, are not being taken into confidence.

'Have we become such a democracy that the Parliament, other political parties are being ignored. Prime Minister does not stop his vow of silence, and we are getting important news about trade, Operation Sindoor from President Trump. This is a very weird situation; it is an insult to our democracy, Parliament, and our parties. Why does our PM not call a special session of Parliament? Or an all-party meet?'

Demanding answers on the claim by the US president that a trade deal will be finalised with India soon, the Congress leader asked, 'Also, what is this trade deal? What decisions have been taken? A trade deal is about exports and imports, but are we going to drastically change our imports so that we buy even more things from the US? Are we opening up our agriculture, opening up our small and medium imports, are we liberalising imports from America?'

Earlier, President Trump had said that the US is signing multiple trade deals with countries, highlighting that a notable deal with China has been finalised and that India will follow soon.

While speaking at the Big Beautiful Bill event in Washington, DC, Trump said, 'We just signed with China yesterday. We are having some great deals. We have one coming up, maybe with India. Very big one. Where we're going to open up India, in the China deal, we are starting to open up China.'

Notably, on June 10, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said that India and the US were in the process of negotiating a fair and equitable trade agreement that will benefit both economies.

Addressing a press conference over India-US trade deal and Future trade agreement with the European Union, Piyush Goyal said, 'PM Narendra Modi and US President Trump met in February 2025...Both our leaders have decided to enter into a bilateral trade agreement which will be mutually beneficial for both the economies, businesses on both sides and the people of both countries. We are negotiating to make a nice, fair, equitable and balanced agreement to promote business.'

Earlier this month, while speaking at the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum, US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said that a trade deal between India and the United States could be finalised soon, with both countries finding common ground that suits their interests. (ANI)