An all-party parliamentary delegation arrived in Bahrain on Saturday, in a significant diplomatic outreach following Operation Sindoor, owing to which the central government has been reaching out to prominent countries to present India’s stance on the operation.
The delegation led by Bharatiya Janata Party MP Baijayant Jay Panda that included Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi among others was received by Indian Ambassador Vinod K Jacob. A total of seven delegations with 51 political leaders are visiting different parts of the world.
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Owaisi is the lone parliamentarian from Telangana among them.
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, from Jharkhand, known for his controversial comments on Muslims was also in the delegation along with Owaisi that will also visit Saudi Arabia, birthplace of Islam, Kuwait and Algeria. Dubey had earlier commented that he and Owaisi both in the same delegation shows the beauty of democracy.
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and former secretary of external affairs ministry Harsh Vardhan Shringla are other notables in the delegation along with Owaisi.
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The delegation will travel to Kuwait and from it will visit Saudi Arabia on 27th and leave for Algeria on 30th.
Additionally, another delegation led by Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Eknath Shinde, on Saturday wrapped up its visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) where it met top officials to explain India’s stance. BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj and Muslim League MP ET Mohammed Basheer among others were included.
Prior to the visit, Owaisi had stated that a key objective of the delegation is to explain the circumstances surrounding the recent terror attack in Pahalgam and to underscore the role of Pakistan in fostering and hosting terrorist camps and elements.
This visit is part of a broader diplomatic outreach involving seven multi-party delegations traveling to 33 global capitals to counter Pakistan’s narrative and expose its terror links. The initiative comes in the wake of heightened tensions between India and Pakistan following a deadly terror attack in Pahalgam, which claimed 26 lives.
India responded with precision strikes targeting terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir on May 7, and successfully thwarted multiple attempted retaliatory strikes by Pakistan on May 8, 9 and 10.
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