A day after the Centre announced its plan of sending all-party parliamentary delegations to several countries to take India’s message after Operation Sindoor, the government released the names of the MPs who would be leading the teams.
Congress’s , DMK’s Kanimozhi, and NCP’s were among the leaders from Opposition parties who would be leading the delegations. Besides them, ’s and Baijayant Panda, JDU’s Sanjay Kumar Jha, and ’s also featured in the list of legislators who would be leading the teams.
Sources had told on Friday that the teams would be first visiting Europe and the Gulf countries. The delegations will emphasize that India was the target of aggression and responded with precision strikes on nine alleged terror sites across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir under Operation Sindoor.
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Seven All-Party Delegations will soon visit key partner nations, carrying our shared message of zero-tolerance to terrorism.
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The initiative, officials say, is part of a broader strategy to reinforce India’s position on cross-border terrorism and build international understanding of its security posture. It also recalls earlier efforts following major terror attacks, such as the ones in 1994 and 2008, when India launched similar diplomatic missions to spread the word on Pakistan-sponsored terrorist groups and networks.
Sources said that the teams will be presenting details of the latest attacks and the government’s response, along with New ’s diplomatic overtures urging stronger global action against terrorism emanating from Pakistani soil.
The approach is reminiscent of the time when then-Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, in 1994, sent a high-level Indian delegation, led by opposition leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee, to Geneva to block a Pakistan-backed resolution against India at the United Nations Human Rights Commission.
This comes at a time when there has been mounting criticism from the Congress, which has accused the BJP of using Operation Sindoor for political mileage. Congress leaders have taken issue with the government’s handling of international diplomacy, particularly the role of the United States in facilitating a truce between New Delhi and Islamabad.
