Briefing foreign govts about Operation Sindoor before Indian Parliament unacceptable: D Raja

Amid demands for a special session of Parliament on Operation Sindoor, CPI leader D Raja on Tuesday said it is “unacceptable" that foreign governments are to be briefed on the matter while Indians “remain in the dark".

The Communist Party of India (CPI) general secretary also said that the government’s decision to send multi-party delegations to key countries, including UNSC members, after Operation Sindoor has been marked by “opacity" and “exclusion".

He said political parties were neither consulted nor briefed on the matter, and there was “no clarity" on the mandate of these delegations.

“It is unacceptable that foreign governments will be briefed while India’s own Parliament and people remain in the dark," he said on X.

Many opposition parties, including Congress, have been demanding a special session of Parliament to discuss Operation Sindoor that was launched in the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack.

Bringing the recent arrest of an Ashoka University professor over his post on Operation Sindoor to the fore, the CPI leader called it a suppression of dissent.

Raja further sought an explanation from the government on the “growing confusion" over the ceasefire terms between India and Pakistan and the role of US President Donald Trump, “who irresponsibly alluded to a nuclear conflict".

“Shockingly, the government has yet not explicitly denied or condemned his claims. This stands in direct contrast to the Foreign Secretary’s reported statement before a parliamentary panel that both sides used conventional warfare," he said.

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