India, June 12 -- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his public message thanking US President Donald Trump, alleging that the Prime Minister had remained silent on the deaths of Indian sailors following attacks on commercial vessels in the Hormuz region.

The opposition party questioned the timing of the message and accused the Centre of failing to adequately respond to the reported deaths of Indian nationals.

BJP leaders and the Central government had not issued a response to AAP's allegations at the time of publishing.

AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal said the Prime Minister's message to Trump raised questions at a time when Indian citizens had reportedly lost their lives.

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