Global Outreach : Government Announces 7 Multi-Party Delegations To Expose Pakistan’s Role In Terror ; Shashi Tharoor To Lead One Of Them

In a major move the government has announced 7 multi-party delegations comprising leaders from the ruling NDA and the opposition to present India’s “national consensus” in fighting terrorism before the world . Notable among them leading one of them to the crucial US will be Senior Congress Leader Shashi Tharoor.

Bharatiya Janata Party’s MPs Ravi Shankar Prasad and Baijayant Panda, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, Janata Dal-United MP Sanjay Jha, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s Kanimozhi, Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar MP Supriya Sule, and Shiv Sena’s Shrikant Shinde will be heading a delegation each.

A statement issued by the parliamentary affairs ministry said, “The all-party delegations will project India’s national consensus and resolute approach to combating terrorism in all forms and manifestations.

“They would carry forth to the world the country’s strong message of zero tolerance against terrorism.”

Sources said the delegations will be travelling to four of the five permanent Security Council members and not visit China, which has long been a Pakistan ally.

While the delegation led by Congress MP Tharoor will visit the US, Panda’s group, which includes AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi and BJP’s Nishikant Dubey, will travel to western European countries such as the UK and France, both UNSC members.

The delegation led by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP Kanimozhi will travel to Russia, another UNSC member.

The sources said the delegation led by BJP MP Prasad is expected to visit Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and Algeria, while Sule’s team of MPs will be travelling to Oman, Kenya, South Africa and Egypt.

The delegation led by Janata Dal-United MP Jha is likely to visit Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Malaysia and Indonesia, the country with the largest Muslim population.

Shinde’s team of parliamentarians are likely to visit some Gulf and African countries. Each delegation with six to seven MPs may visit around four to five countries, the sources said.

The government has made a careful selection of leaders who will head the delegations as they come from parties across the political divide and are considered articulate voices.

The leaders — four from the ruling National Democratic Alliance and three from the opposition INDIA bloc — include seasoned lawmakers with long stints in public life.

The Parliamentary Affairs Ministry’s statement said distinguished diplomats, including retired foreign secretaries, will be part of each delegation.

In a post on X, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said, “In moments that matter most, Bharat stands united. Seven All-Party Delegations will soon visit key partner nations, carrying our shared message of zero-tolerance to terrorism.”

Sharing the ministry’s statement, he said, “A powerful reflection of national unity above politics, beyond differences.”

The statement said the proposed visits of the seven all-party delegations come in the context of Operation Sindoor and India’s continued fight against cross-border terrorism.

MPs from different parties, including Anurag Thakur, Aparajita Sarangi, Manish Tewari, Amar Singh, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Samik Bhattacharya, Brij Lal, Sarfaraz Ahmad, Priyanka Chaturvedi, Vikramjit Sawhney, Sasmit Patra and Bhubaneswar Kalita, will be part of these delegations, sources have said.