The government has announced the names of political leaders who will head seven all-party delegations for diplomatic outreach under Operation Sindoor, aimed at briefing partner nations on India’s response to the recent Pahalgam terror attack.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor will lead a nine-member delegation to the United States, Panama, Guyana, Brazil, and Colombia, while Supriya Sule of the NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) will head the delegation to Egypt, Qatar, Ethiopia, and South Africa.
Other prominent figures include BJP MP Baijayant Panda, who will lead the delegation to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Algeria, and Ravi Shankar Prasad, who will oversee a group visiting the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the European Union, Italy, and Denmark.
DMK leader Kanimozhi Karunanidhi will head the delegation to Spain, Greece, Slovenia, Latvia, and Russia. JDU MP Sanjay Kumar Jha will lead the group visiting Indonesia, Malaysia, the Republic of Korea, Japan, and Singapore, while Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Eknath Shinde will be responsible for the delegation to the UAE, Liberia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Sierra Leone.
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju said on Saturday, “The seven all-party delegations will soon engage key nations under Operation Sindoor, reflecting collective resolve against terrorism.”
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The full list of delegations includes:
Group 1 (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Algeria) – Led by 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 (UK, France, Germany, EU, Italy, Denmark) – Led by 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 (Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan, Singapore) – Led by JDU MP Sanjay Kumar Jha; Members: Aparajita Sarangi (BJP), Yusuf Pathan (TMC), Brij Lala (BJP), John Brittas (CPIM), Pradan Baruah (BJP), Hemang Joshi (BJP), Salman Khurshid, Mohan Kumar.
Group 4 (UAE, Liberia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone) – Led by 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 (USA, Panama, Guyana, Brazil, Colombia) – Led by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor; Members: Shambhavi (LJP), 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 (Spain, Greece, Slovenia, Latvia, Russia) – Led by 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 (Egypt, Qatar, Ethiopia, South Africa) – Led by 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.
The initiative is part of a broader diplomatic campaign to counter Pakistan’s efforts to push the Kashmir issue onto the global stage while deflecting attention from its own role in supporting terror networks.
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