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Last Updated:May 17, 2025, 12:23 IST
The overseas all-party delegation has been tasked to present India's 'zero tolerance' policy on terrorism and highlight recent developments under Operation Sindoor.
Congress veteran Shashi Tharoor did not feature in his party's own shortlist of nominees for a key overseas all-party delegation. (PTI File)
Sharmistha Mukherjee, the daughter of former president Pranab Mukherjee, lashed out at the Congress for “conspicuously missing" names of party veterans Shashi Tharoor and Manish Tewari from the list of an overseas all-party delegation that has been tasked to present India’s “zero tolerance" policy on terrorism and highlight recent developments under Operation Sindoor.
Mukherjee made the allegations after it came to light that Tharoor has been chosen to lead the delegation, despite not featuring in his party’s own shortlist of nominees for the task.
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju, on the morning of May 16, asked the Congress party to propose four names for inclusion in the delegations being sent abroad to present India’s stance on terrorism originating from Pakistan, according to party leader Jairam Ramesh.
The Congress recommendation list included Anand Sharma, a former Cabinet Minister; Gaurav Gogoi, Deputy Leader of the party in the Lok Sabha; Dr. Syed Naseer Hussain, a Rajya Sabha MP; and Raja Brar, a Lok Sabha MP.
The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, however, announced that — Tharoor, a four-time MP from Thiruvananthapuram — will lead the all-party delegation. Other members include BJP leaders Ravi Shankar Prasad and Baijayant Panda, Janata Dal (United) MP Sanjay Kumar Jha, DMK’s Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) leader Supriya Sule, and Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) MP Shrikant Shinde.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has described the Congress’s suggestions as “questionable." BJP spokesperson Amit Malviya expressed on X that the Congress party’s choices for representing India at diplomatic meetings are not merely intriguing, but deeply questionable.
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