New Delhi : Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who recently returned from a five-nation outreach mission for India’s Operation Sindoor on Pakistan, has heaped praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in yet another public showcase of admiration. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s energy, dynamism and willingness to engage remains a prime asset for India on the global stage, but deserves greater backing, Congress’s Kerala MP wrote in the column as he stressed that the outreach showed India’s unity on a global stage.
Tharoor further wrote that, as part of the outreach, he learnt that the power of unity, the efficacy of clear communication, the strategic value of soft power, and the imperative of sustained public diplomacy” would guide India in manoeuvring an “increasingly complex international landscape. He also pointed out that the three T’s – tech, trade and tradition – should drive India’s future global strategy as the nation continues to strive for a “more just, secure and prosperous world.
The Congress veteran, whose inclusion in the Operation Sindoor outreach, spiralled into a fierce war of words between the Congress and the BJP, said that the primary objective of the mission was to provide clarity on the same. Tharoor inevitably highlighted a crucial turning point during his outreach wherein he expressed concerns regarding Columbia’s initial stance of condoling casualties in Pakistan after Operation Sindoor. After his strong disapproval, the Latin American nation retracted its statement as Tharoor highlighted that there is no moral equivalence between terrorists and those defending their nation.
Underscoring Pakistan’s continued connection with terrorism was another and “equally crucial” aspect of the global outreach, Tharoor wrote. Recapping his delegation’s outreach in the US, Tharoor took a veiled dig at the Pakistani officials who were also present in Washington DC around the same time. Even as a Pakistani delegation was simultaneously present, we found US representatives, including those who met the Pakistani officials, echoing our concerns and urging decisive action against terror groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, Tharoor wrote in the column.
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