The conflict between India and Pakistan was in the conventional domain and there was no nuclear signalling by the neighbouring country, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri told the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs on Monday, The Indian Express has learnt.
The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Congress MP and lasted two hours.
Misri also informed the committee that the ceasefire between the two nations was a bilateral decision and there was no US intervention, it is learnt. Opposition members asked several questions to Misri, including about between the two nations, it is learnt.
has learnt that an Opposition member also asked about the whereabouts of terrorists involved in the on April 22. The MP also asked what India was doing to capture them.
Misri told the panel that India didn’t inform Pakistan before Operation Sindoor began.
Another member asked about the steps being taken by the Indian government to isolate Pakistan on the global stage.
An Opposition member asked why India has looked diplomatically isolated, and the messaging the country intends to pursue so that the perpetrator of terror, Pakistan, is not equated with the victim of terror, India.
Some Opposition members also asked if Pakistan used Chinese platforms in the conflict with India, with Misri replying that it did not matter, as India attacked Pakistani air bases, it is learnt.
The meeting of Parliament’s Standing Committee on External Affairs was attended by several lawmakers, including TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee, Congress’s Rajeev Shukla and Deepender Hooda, AIMIM chief , and the ’s Aparajita Sarangi and Arun Govil.
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During the Covid pandemic, he did extensive ground reporting on the migration of workers from the metropolitan cities to villages in Uttar Pradesh. He has also covered some landmark litigations, including the Babri Masjid-Ram temple case and the ongoing Gyanvapi-Kashi Vishwanath temple dispute.
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