India, Aug. 31 -- The Congress has been taking aim at PM Narendra Modi and the BJP-led government over President Donald Trump's claims of brokering the India-Pakistan ceasefire after Operation Sindoor, but its senior leader Manish Tewari on Sunday sought to take a more "nuanced" approach.

There's been "backchanneling" in every conflict between the two countries, according to Manish Tewari, Lok Sabha member from Chandigarh and a former union minister.

He backed the Modi government's assertion that "the call which led to the cessation of hostilities on May 10, at 5 pm, (after Operation Sindoor) was made that afternoon by the DGMO (Director General of Military Operations) of Pakistan".

He added, though, "Whether backchanneling had a role ...