Congress slams Kiren Rijiju’s claim that Centre did not seek names for Operation Sindoor delegations

The Congress on Monday rejected Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju’s claim that the government had not asked political parties to nominate members for the all-party delegations being sent abroad to reiterate India’s position on Operation Sindoor, PTI reported.

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that the Union government had chosen just one of the four names the party had suggested.

The government had added names of four other Congress leaders without consulting the party, Ramesh alleged. “That was unfair on the part of the BJP and was cheap politics,” Ramesh was quoted as saying.

Ramesh said that if Congress MPs were to be included in the delegations, the government should have consulted party leaders, ANI reported.

“We have no issues with the names that have been chosen,” ANI quoted Ramesh as saying. “They are my good friends, they are experienced and have been working on foreign and defence policy for several years. The process that has been chosen is wrong. This is a notorious process, this should not have been done.”

In a social media post, the Congress’ communications chief criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for sending all-party delegations despite “abusing and defaming” the Opposition for 11 years.

“The truth is that the BJP's poisonous politics at home has cost us hugely abroad,” Ramesh said. “Our...

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