A MULTI-PARTY delegation led by JD (U) MP Sanjay Jha on Wednesday left for Japan to put across India’s views on terrorism emanating from Pakistan. The delegation will also visit South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore as part of New Delhi’s outreach following Operation Sindoor and the subsequent conflict between India and Pakistan. As many as nine terror camps were hit inside Pakistan and Pakistanoccupied Kashmir by Indian forces to avenge the Pahalgam terror attack, which left at least 26 civilians dead.

 

The delegation led by Jha includes BJP MPs Aparajita Sarangi, Brijlal, Pradhan Barua and Hemang Joshi, Congress leader and former external affairs minister Salman Khurshid, TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee, CPI(M)’s John Brittas, and former ambassador Mohan Kumar. Another delegation led by Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde will also left for the UAE, Liberia, Congo and Sierra Leone. The Government is sending seven multi-party delegations to reach out to the international community on Pakistan’s designs and India’s response to terror. Echoing a united stance against terrorism, NCP-SCP MP Supriya Sule on Wednesday asserted that the members of all party delegations are representing India, not any political party, during their visit to foreign countries as part of a outreach against Pakistan’s support for terrorism on the global stage.

 

Addressing a press conference, Sule, who is a member of oneoftheall-partydelegations, said, “We are not going on behalfoftheparty.Wearegoing to other countries on behalf of India. “ “In the all-party meeting, it was decided thatwewould not speak against the Central Government. NCP-SCP chief Sharad Pawar also said this is not the right time to convene a Parliament session.

 

There should be a discussion in the Parliamentafter theOperation Sindoor concludes. Right now, also the Operation Sindoor is underway,” the Baramati MP added. Group 7, led by NCP (SCP) MP Supriya Sule, will be representingIndia’sstandinEgypt, Qatar, Ethiopia, and South Africa.BJP’sRajivPratapRuddy, Anurag Singh Thakur, and V Muraleedharan, along with Congress’ Manish Tewari, Anand Sharma, TDP’s Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu, AAP’s Vikramjeet Singh Sahney, and former permanent representative of India to the UN, Syed Akbaruddin, will be putting forth India’s policy of zero tolerance against terrorism