New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who spearheaded the all-party delegation for the Operation Sindoor global outreach initiative, issued stern warnings to Pakistan and terrorist organizations; however, his statements have drawn criticism from within his own party.
Congress leader Udit Raj criticized Shashi Tharoor, labeling him the “super spokesperson of the BJP.” He claimed that Tharoor’s supportive comments regarding Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the central government were even more pronounced than those made by BJP officials themselves.
“Congress MP Shashi Tharoor is the super spokesperson of the BJP, and what the BJP leaders are not saying, speaking in favour of PM Modi and the government, Shashi Tharoor is doing…Does he (Shashi Tharoor) even know what the earlier governments used to do?… They (the Central government) are taking credit for the Indian Armed Forces,” news agency ANI reported Raj as stating.
Shashi Tharoor is at the helm of one of several all-party delegations visiting India’s international partner nations to inform them about the country’s position on terrorism.
Tharoor’s delegation comprises Tejasvi Surya (BJP), Sarfaraz Ahmad (JMM), Gants Harish Madhur Balayogi (TDP), Shashank Mani Tripathi (BJP), Bhubaneswar Kalita (BJP), Milind Deora (Shiv Sena), and Taranjit Sandhu, India’s former Ambassador to the US.
While addressing the Indian embassy in Panama, Tharoor emphasized the measures taken against terrorists in recent years.
“What has changed in recent years is that the terrorists have also realized they will have a price to pay, on that, let there be no doubt,” the Congress MP remarked.
Tharoor pointed out that India crossed the Line of Control (LoC) for the first time during a surgical strike on a terrorist base, referring to the Uri strike. “That was already something we had not done before,” he noted, adding that the nation had not breached the LoC even during the Kargil War.
