New Delhi/IBNS: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday took a poetic jab at Pakistan after it violated the ceasefire within hours of reaching an understanding with India.

India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire effective 5 pm on Saturday after four days of intense military exchanges.

However, India on Saturday evening said that Pakistan violated the understanding and its armed forces responded appropriately.

In a late-night post on X, Tharoor posted a Hindi couplet: "Uski fitrat hai mukar jaane ki, uske vaade pe yakeen kaise karu."

It roughly translates to "It's their nature to go back on their word, how can I trust their promises?"

He also used the hashtag #ceasefireviolated.

On the sidelines of an event after the ceasefire was announced, the Congress leader had said that "peace was essential".

"I am very glad. India never wanted a long-term war but India wanted to teach terrorists a lesson, I believe that lesson has been taught," he said, referring to the "Operation Sindoor", which was launched on Wednesday to strike terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir (PoK) following a deadly attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam on April 22.

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said late Saturday night that within hours of the ceasefire declaration, Pakistan violated the agreement, prompting India to demand that Islamabad act responsibly and rein in the breaches.

“In the last few hours, there have been repeated violations of the understanding arrived at earlier this evening between the directors general of military operations of India and Pakistan,” Misri said in a press briefing on late Saturday night.