Cong attacks govt after 1 of its nominees is picked to disseminate Op Sindoor stance

The Congress has accused the authorities of “complete insincerity” and playing “cheap governmental games” aft lone 1 of its 4 nominees for delegations to beryllium sent to satellite capitals to articulate India’s anti-terror stance post-Operation Sindoor were chosen. It, however, underlined that the 4 of its leaders, included successful the delegations astatine the government’s instance, volition spell and marque their contributions.

The inclusion of lawmaker Shashi Tharoor a erstwhile UN diplomat and ex-minister of authorities for outer affairs, sparked a enactment aft the Congress said it did not sanction him. (ANI)

In a connection issued astatine 12.06am connected Sunday, Congress person Jairam Ramesh said the Congress would not stoop to “the pathetic level” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Ramesh said the main Opposition enactment volition ever uphold the finest traditions of Parliamentary ideology and not play partisan authorities connected nationalist information issues similar the BJP does.

Ramesh reiterated the Congress’s request for a peculiar league of parliament. “These delegations should not, however, divert attraction from...[Congress]’s demands to person all-party meetings chaired by the PM [Prime Minister] and for a peculiar league of Parliament to reiterate the solution adopted connected Feb 22, 1994, portion besides taking enactment of developments thereafter,” helium said, referring to Parliament’s unanimous 1994 solution reiterating Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) is simply a portion of India and has to beryllium liberated.

Rahul Gandhi, the Opposition person successful Lok Sabha, nominated Anand Sharma, Gaurav Gogoi, Sayed Naseer Hussain, and Amrinder Singh Raja “Warring” Brar for the delegations. The authorities picked Shashi Tharoor, Anand Sharma, Manish Tewari, and Salman Khurshid.

Ramesh said astir regrettably, lone 1 of the 4 names the enactment suggested has been included. “This proves the implicit insincerity of the Modi authorities and shows the inexpensive governmental games it ever plays connected superior nationalist issues,” said Ramesh.

He said the authorities asked for 4 names to correspond the main Opposition enactment successful the delegations being sent overseas to explicate India’s stance connected coercion from Pakistan. Ramesh added that Gandhi conveyed these 4 names to the parliamentary affairs minister, Kiren Rijiju, by 12 noon connected May 16th. “Very precocious contiguous [Saturday], the afloat database of members of each delegations has been officially released.”

The authorities connected Saturday announced the names of the leaders who would question to planetary capitals to beforehand India’s stance connected Operation Sindoor globally. But the inclusion of Tharoor, a erstwhile UN diplomat and erstwhile curate of authorities for outer affairs, sparked a enactment aft the Congress said it did not sanction him.

Tewari and Khurshid person not spoken astir the nominations. Tharoor said helium was honoured to pb an all-party delegation to 5 cardinal capitals to contiguous India’s constituent of view. “When nationalist involvement is involved, and my services are required, I volition not beryllium recovered wanting. Jai Hind!”

The delegations volition besides see BJP leaders Ravi Shankar Prasad and Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda, Janata Dal (United)’s Sanjay Jha, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar’s Supriya Sule, and Shiv Sena’s Shrikant Shinde.

India launched Operation Sindoor connected May 7 and struck 9 panic camps successful Pakistan and PoK, sparking a bid of attacks and counter-attacks. The subject hostilities stopped connected May 10 arsenic the 2 nations reached an knowing aft a four-day fight.