‘How many countries backed India’, asks TMC MP part of Operation Sindoor global diplomatic outreach
Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, who was part of the Indian delegations that had visited 33 countries in recent weeks to convey India’s stand on terrorism in the wake of the Pahalgam attack, on Monday, questioned the diplomatic success of the outreach.
The Trinamool Congress National General Secretary asked how many countries extended explicit support to India after the outreach.
Banerjee said that Indian citizens deserve transparency and accountability on the government’s response to the April 22 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, which left 26 dead.
He asked “How did four terrorists manage to infiltrate the border and launch an attack that killed 26 innocent civilians? Where is the accountability for this massive breach in national security?”
He also questioned whether the four terrorists responsible for the “brutal, religion-based massacre” had been brought to justice.
Banerjee asked whether the attack was the result of an intelligence failure, and questioned the one-year extension granted to Intelligence Bureau chief Tapan Kumar Deka barely a month after the attack.
“Why was he rewarded rather than held accountable?” the Trinamool Congress general secretary asked. “What is the compulsion?”
He also raised questions about United States President Donald Trump’s claims that he brokered a ceasefire between India and Pakistan.
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