Political leaders head delegation abroad for diplomatic outreach after Operation Sindoor.
Political leaders head delegation abroad for diplomatic outreach after Operation Sindoor.
In a new development, the government on Saturday announced the names of political leaders who will head a delegation abroad for diplomatic outreach following Operation Sindoor.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor will lead a nine-member delegation to the US, Panama, Guyana, Brazil, and Colombia, while Supriya Sule will lead the delegation to Egypt, Qatar, Ethiopia, and South Africa.
While BJP MP Baijayant Panda will head the delegation to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Algeria; Ravi Shankar Prasad will lead the eight-member team to UK, France, Germany, EU, Italy, and Denmark.
JDU MP Sanjay Kumar Jha will be in charge of the delegation to Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan, Singapore; and Shrikant Eknath Shinde will be in charge of the dignitaries responsible for diplomatic outreach in UAE, Liberia, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Sierra Leone.
DMK leader Kanimozhi Karunanidhi will head the delegation to Spain, Greece, Slovenia, Latvia, and Russia.
According to Kiren Rijiju” Minister of Parliamentary Affairs the seven all-party delegations will soon engage key nations under Operation Sindoor, reflecting collective resolve against terrorism.
Here’s the full list of seven delegations and MPs who are part of it:
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Group-1 to visit Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Algeria
Delegation leader: BJP MP Baijayant Panda
Members: Nishikant Dubey (BJP), Phangnon Konyak (BJP), Rekha Sharma (BJP), Asaduddin Owaisi (AIMIM), Satnam Singh Sandhu, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Harsh Shringla
Group-2 to visit UK, France, Germany, EU, Italy, Denmark
Delegation leader: BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad
Members: Daggubati Purandeswari (BJP), Priyanka Chaturvedi (Shiv Sena (UBT)), Ghulam Ali Khatana, Amar Singh (Congress), Samik Bhattacharya (BJP), MJ Akbar, Pankaj Saran
Group-3 to visit Indonesia, Malaysia, Republic of Korea, Japan, Singapore
Delegation leader: JDU MP Sanjay Kumar Jha
Members: Aparajita Sarangi (BJP), Yusuf Pathan (Trinamool Congress), Brij Lala (BJP), John Brittas (CPIM), Pradan Baruah (BJP), Hemang Joshi (BJP), Salman Khurshid, Mohan Kumar
Group-4 to visit UAE, Liberia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone
Delegation leader: Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Eknath Shinde
Members: Bansuri Swaraj (BJP), ET Mohammed Basheer (IUML), Atul Garg (BJP), Sasmit Patra (BJD), Manan Kumar Mishra (BJP), SS Ahluwalia, Sujan Chinoy
Group-5 to visit USA, Panama, Guyana, Brazil, Colombia
Delegation leader: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor
Members: Shambhavi (LJP (Ram Vilas)), Sarfaraz Ahmad (JMM), GM Harish Balayogi (TDP), Shashank Mani Tripathi (BJP), Bhubaneswar Kalita (BJP), Milind Murli Deora (Shiv Sena), Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Tejasvi Surya (BJP)
Group-6 to visit Spain, Greece, Slovenia, Latvia, Russia
Delegation leader: DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi
Members: Rajeev Rai (SP), Mian Altaf Ahmad (NC), Brijesh Chowta (BJP), Prem Chand Gupta (RJD), Ashok Kumar Mittal (AAP), Manjeev S Puri, Jawed Ashraf
Group-7 to visit Egypt, Qatar, Ethiopia, South Africa
Delegation leader: NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) MP Supriya Sule
Members: Rajiv Pratap Rudy (BJP), Vikramjeet Singh Sahney (AAP), Manish Tewari (Congress), Anurag Singh Thakur (BJP), Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu (TDP), Anand Sharma, V Muraleedharan, Syed Akbaruddin
India has launched a wide-ranging diplomatic campaign to assert its position globally in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 civilian lives.
The effort seeks to counter Pakistan’s attempts to sideline the terrorism issue while pushing Kashmir to the forefront of international discussions.
News Edit KV Raman
