New Delhi: Groups of high-level, all-party delegations left for a five-nation tour this week as India mounted a global outreach campaign on Operation Sindoor, exposing Pakistan and the global terror outfits that operate from its soil.
While Janata Dal-United leader Sanjay Jha is leading a delegation to Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Malaysia, and Indonesia, Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde is heading the delegation to the UAE and several African nations.
Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya met the parliamentary delegation and called for punishing the perpetrators of terrorist activities. (Photo courtesy: X@IndianEmbTokyo)
The delegation, headed by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, will visit Russia, Slovenia, Greece, Latvia, and Spain to further India's diplomatic outreach and communicate the nation's strong resolve in combating terrorism in all its forms.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri briefed the members, MPs, and former parliamentarians of three of the seven all-party delegations. Jha told reporters after the briefing that their message to global leaders would be that "India has decided enough is enough."
Sources said the delegations are also likely to carry dossiers detailing Pakistan's role in sponsoring terrorism in India, supported by evidence aimed at convincing host countries.
"The dossiers may be prepared in the official language of the respective country," a source told India Today, adding that the visiting MPs will receive another round of briefings from officials before they meet with foreign lawmakers and government representatives.
Meanwhile, India has delivered a strong rebuttal to Pakistan at the World Health Organization (WHO), calling out its role in fostering terrorism. Speaking at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Indian diplomat Anupama Singh exercised India’s right of reply and said, "Pakistan breeds terrorism, cannot masquerade as its victim."
"Let us not forget the sponsors and organizers of terrorism operate from Pakistani soil... Pakistan also continues its false narrative regarding the Indus Waters Treaty, trying to obfuscate the issue," she added.
3,000 Agniveers braved Pak assault in Op SindoorAround 3,000 Agniveers -- most barely 20 years old and recruited under the Agnipath scheme in the past two years -- were at the forefront of Operation Sindoor, defending Indian military installations from Pakistani missile and drone attacks, sources told India Today TV. They manned critical air defense systems and held their ground across multiple installations, cities, and airbases despite repeated enemy assaults. Sources revealed that each air defence unit had 150–200 Agniveers in its ranks, deployed primarily along the western front. The Agniveers served across four specialized trades -- gunners, fire control operators, radio operators, and drivers of heavy-duty vehicles mounted with guns and missiles. Additionally, they helped activate and operate Akashteer -- the locally developed air defence control and reporting system -- that became the nerve centre of India’s air defence response. |
