Operation Sindoor: Delegations of 48 multi-party MPs will launch India’s global diplomatic offensive
The administration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made the decision to send multi-party MP delegations to important worldwide cities in an enormous diplomatic effort to reveal Pakistan’s role in the recent Pahalgam terror incident and to garner international solidarity against cross-border terrorism.
From May 22 to June 1, the 48-member cross-party delegation will visit many nations to deliver India’s evidence against Pakistan and New Delhi’s position to foreign governments and institutions.
Kiren Rijiju, Minister of Parliamentary and Minority Affairs, has reportedly led the mission, which has been split up into eight groups of six people each.
The delegations will travel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, South Africa, Egypt, the United States, and Japan, according to sources. They will be led by Kalyan MP Shrikant Shinde, DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Working President Supriya Sule, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, and JD(U) leader Sanjay Jha.
The touring delegations also include a number of other MPs, such as Asaduddin Owaisi, Chandigarh MP Manish Tewari, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Tejasvi Surya, and Anurag Thakur of the BJP.
According to sources, the decision to send the team of MPs coincides with Pakistan’s growing efforts to internationalize the Kashmir dispute, which India maintains is a bilateral problem, as well as significant statements made by US President Donald Trump.
For the first time, the Modi administration has sent out elected officials from all political parties as diplomatic envoys to combat Pakistan’s propaganda internationally.
The two main goals will be to inform countries about the terrible Pahalgam incident, which claimed 26 lives, and to make it clear that India’s “Operation Sindoor” targeted terror infrastructure, not civilians, in areas that are under Pakistani occupation.
According to a senior official involved in the preparation, “the goal is to dispel the narrative being propagated by Pakistan and its supporters.”
The delegations will also highlight how Pakistan’s punitive actions during “Operation Sindoor” only serve to highlight the country’s active support of and shelter for terrorist organizations. In addition to diplomatically isolating Pakistan, the global diplomatic offensive aims to fortify India’s standing in front of important international fora and bilateral meetings.