Congress Backs Govt’s Anti-Terror Global Outreach Plan: ‘Keeping National Interest…’
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Sources said that central government is planning to dispatch a delegation of multi-party MPs to major world capitals to garner international backing against cross-border terrorism.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh | File Image/PTI
The Congress on Friday extended its support to the central government’s decision to dispatch a delegation of multi-party MPs to major world capitals to garner international backing against cross-border terrorism.
Sources informed CNN-News18 that the Centre is currently reaching opposition parties and aims to secure their support before finalising the delegation’s composition, with Congress leader Shashi Tharoor likely to lead one of the teams.
“Keeping national interest above all, Congress will certainly join the delegation of multi-party MPs,” Congress leader Jairam Ramesh told news agency ANI.
He confirmed that Union Minister Kiren Rijiju has spoken to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on the matter. “He will depute party leaders accordingly,” he added.
#WATCH | Over media reports on India to send delegations of MPs from all political parties to world capitals to brief different countries on the recent India-Pakistan tension, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh says, “Keeping national interest above all, Congress will certainly join… pic.twitter.com/R8U8AVDMoA— ANI (@ANI) May 16, 2025
Sources said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government is also considering exposing Pakistan’s involvement in the Pahalgam terror attack with this initiative of sending multi-party MPs to countries abroad.
The cross-party delegations will work to reshape the global narrative by presenting India’s evidence and position on the Pahalgam attack directly to foreign governments and international institutions.
If the initiative comes to life, it would represent the first instance of the Modi government sending elected representatives from various political parties as diplomatic envoys to challenge Pakistan’s narrative on the international stage.
The initiative also aims to serve the purpose of informing other nations about the deadly Pahalgam attack that claimed 26 lives, and clarifying that India’s ‘Operation Sindoor’ was aimed solely at terror infrastructure in Pakistan-occupied areas, not civilian targets.
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