Congress takes swipe at PM Modi over India being left out of U.S.-led ‘Pax Silica’ initiative

Published - December 13, 2025 04:37 pm IST - New Delhi Congress MP and General Secretary Jairam Ramesh said that given the sharp downturn in Trump–Modi ties since May 10, 2025, it is perhaps not very surprising that India has not been included. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Congress on Saturday (December 13, 2025) targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over India’s exclusion from a new U. S.-led strategic initiative aimed at securing global silicon and high-technology supply chains, saying it would have been in the country’s interest to be part of the grouping. Congress general secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh said India’s absence from the initiative, called Pax Silica, was not surprising in view of what he described as a “sharp downturn” in ties between Prime Minister Modi and U. S.