‘Super Premium Frequent Flier’: Congress MP Jairam Ramesh Accuses Modi of Running Away from National Issues
The Wire Staff
New Delhi: The opposition Congress took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who set off on a foreign trip on Wednesday (July 2), calling him a “super premium frequent flier PM” who is running away from important national issues, including Manipur and US President Donald Trump’s claims on the ceasefire between India and Pakistan.
On Tuesday, Congress general secretary communications Jairam Ramesh posted on X: “When the going gets tough, the self-styled toughs get going. The Super Premium Frequent Flier PM is off on a 5-nation, 8-day jaunt.”
When the going gets tough, the self-styled toughs get going. The Super Premium Frequent Flier PM is off on a 5-nation, 8-day jaunt.
He is running away from at least 4 issues that are agitating the nation -
1. Manipur, which he has not visited ever since the double engine in…
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) July 1, 2025
Listing four issues of national importance, the Congress leader accused Modi of running away from Manipur, which the PM has not visited “ever since the double engine in the state got derailed and ever since normal life in the state has got totally destroyed”.
He also alleged that Modi was running away from the “revelations by defence officials that India suffered reverses in the first two days of Operation Sindoor because of the PM's decisions”. Ramesh’s statement was an apparent reference to the remarks by Indian defence attache’s to Indonesia that IAF lost fighter jets to Pakistan because of “constraint given by the political leadership”.
He further claimed that Modi has avoided the continued claims by US president Donald Trump that he effected a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, as well as the “continued failure to bring the Pahalgam terrorists to justice even after 70 days”.
Modi embarked on a five-nation trip, during which he will participate in the 17th BRICS summit in Brazil, and also focus on India’s ties with South American, Caribbean and African countries. This is the longest diplomatic tour by the PM in nearly 10 years. His first stop is Ghana.
The Congress MP, in another post on Wednesday, wrote, “Super Premium Frequent Flier PM is in Ghana today.”
Super Premium Frequent Flier PM is in Ghana today.
Till the mid-60s, Ghanaian and indeed African politics was dominated by Kwame Nkrumah, who is an iconic figure. He shared a very warm relationship with Jawaharlal Nehru, which long pre-dated Ghana's independence in March 1957.… pic.twitter.com/VvawpXHi6L
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) July 2, 2025
He recalled Ghana's iconic leader, Kwame Nkrumah, who led the country to independence in 1957, pointing out how he had a warm relationship with Jawaharlal Nehru.
“Till the mid-60s, Ghanian and indeed African politics was dominated by Kwame Nkrumah, who is an iconic figure. He shared a very warm relationship with Jawaharlal Nehru, which long pre-dated Ghana's independence in March 1957. A prominent road in Accra on which India House is located is named after Nehru, while the diplomatic enclave in New Delhi has a Kwame Nkrumah Marg."
Ramesh highlighted Nikrumah’s visits to India, sharing archival footage in which he was being received by Nehru at the airport.
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