Leaders across the political spectrum attending an all-party meeting convened by the government were united in support of Operation Sindoor, targeted at terrorist sites inside Pakistan, and congratulated the armed forces for the decisive action.
As reported by PTI, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh briefed the leaders about the action taken by the armed forces, but refused to share details about Operation Sindoor saying the action was still “ongoing”.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge raised questions over the absence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the meeting that was chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, sources said.
The Prime Minister had also skipped the previous all-party meeting to brief on the situation after the Pahalgam terror attack. The Opposition had then demanded the presence of PM Modi.
“There were some queries from the opposition, but the Raksha Mantri said since this was an ongoing operation there cannot be a separate briefing on every incident,” Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju told reporters after the 90-minute meeting.
“This meeting was to evolve a broad political consensus. All the leaders have shown maturity at a time when the nation was faced with big challenges,” he said.
Besides Defence Minister Singh, the meeting was attended by Home Minister Amit Shah, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Leaders of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, BJP president and Health Minister J P Nadda.
DMK leader T R Baalu, Sudip Bandyopadhyay (TMC), Supriya Sule (NCP-SP), Sanjay Raut (Shiv Sena-UBT), Ramgopal Yadav (SP), John Brittas (CPI-M), Asaduddin Owaisi (AIMIM), Shrikant Shinde (Shiv Sena), Praful Patel (NCP), Chirag Paswan (LJP-RV) and Sasmit Patra (BJD) were among those present at the meeting.
