New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has been selected to lead one of the seven all-party delegations of MPs that the government plans to send abroad to brief key foreign governments on the recent India-Pakistan conflict and India’s stance on the issue. Tharoor’s name as an MP to lead the delegation comes as he publicly backed the government’s handling of the India-Pakistan flare-up and Operation Sindoor.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, announcing the names, stressed, “In moments that matter most, Bharat stands united”. “Seven All-Party Delegations will soon visit key partner nations, carrying our shared message of zero-tolerance to terrorism. A powerful reflection of national unity above politics, beyond differences,” he tweeted.
MPs leading the delegations include:
Ravi Shankar Prasad (BJP)
Sanjay Kumar Jha (JDU)
Baijayant Panda (BJP)
Kanimozhi Karunanidhi (DMK)
Supriya Sule (NCP)
Shrikant Eknath Shinde (Shiv Sena)
Tharoor’s Oxford-honed eloquence can dismantle Pakistan’s post-ceasefire mirage, while Owaisi, the Cambridge-trained barrister, is the wildcard. Unleashing them wouldn’t just be strategic but a masterstroke of optics, signalling Pakistan and the world that India’s political spectrum, from saffron to green, stands united.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that Minister Rijiju had spoken with Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, regarding the matter. The Congress was then asked to submit the names of four MPs for the delegations.
Ramesh further said that the Leader of the Opposition had formally submitted the following names:
Anand Sharma, former Union Cabinet Minister
Gaurav Gogoi, Deputy Leader, INC, Lok Sabha
Dr. Syed Naseer Hussain, Rajya Sabha MP
Raja Brar, Lok Sabha MP.
The outreach follows the deadly Pahalgam terror attack, which left 26 civilians dead. In retaliation, India launched Operation Sindoor, targeting terror infrastructure across the border.