New Delhi [India], June 11 : BJP MP Daggubati Purandeshwari, who was part of an all-party delegation on Operation Sindoor on Wednesday, called on the opposition to play a "very constructive role" and "speak as countrymen",
"The Opposition has to play a very constructive role. Suppose there was anything that was a miss in this entire Operation Sindoor, it would have been nice if the opposition leaders had constructively brought it up and told the government that this is not enough; you probably could have done that. They may think that it is their duty to confront the government, but this Operation Sindoor was because 26 innocent civilians were killed. I think their opposition should understand this. They should rise above the party politics and speak as countrymen..." Purandeshwari told ANI.
Her assertion came after Prime Minister Modi himself met with the members of the seven Parliamentary delegations that had been sent to multiple key partner countries.
She further said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was keen to know other countries' responses to India's stance on terrorism.
On meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Purandeswari told ANI, "We thank PM Narendra Modi because he has actually met all of us, soon after we came back from the diplomatic tour that we had undertaken... He met us in small groups, and he interacted with us. He was very keen to know what the reaction of the other countries was..."
The BJP MP asserted that the all-party delegations represented people cutting across party lines and spoke as Indians.
"When we went on a diplomatic delegation, we did not go as individual parties. So there is no question of somebody being an opposition leader or anything of that sort. We all went as Indians. We all went to a place before the international community, the cause of India and how India was suffering from terrorism..."
The delegations, consisting of MPs from across party lines, former MPs and distinguished diplomats, highlighted India's stand against terror and commitment to world peace during their visits to various nations.
Seven groups of all party delegations, including Opposition MPs such as Supriya Sule of NCP-SCP, Shashi Tharoor of Congress party, AIMIM chief Asaddudin Owaisi, and former ambassadors, completed their diplomatic efforts to visit various world capitals and promoted India's policy of zero tolerance against terrorism.
The delegation was launched post Operation Sindoor, India's response to the Pahalgam attack in Jammu and Kashmir, in which 26 tourists were killed.
Over 50 people, including members of Parliament from multiple political parties, former ambassadors, and former government officials, visited over 30 countries as part of India's diplomatic outreach post Operation Sindoor.