International Secretary Vikram Misri on Monday briefed Parliament’s Standing Committee on Exterior Affairs on the India-Pakistan battle following the Pahalgam terror assault. The assembly, chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, included representatives from numerous events.
International Secretary Vikram Misri on Monday briefed Parliament’s Standing Committee on Exterior Affairs on the India-Pakistan battle, emphasising that it remained strictly inside the standard army area, with no nuclear signalling from Pakistan, based on sources. The assembly, chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, included lawmakers from throughout the political spectrum, akin to TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee, Congress’s Rajeev Shukla and Deepender Hooda, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, and BJP MPs Aparajita Sarangi and Arun Govil.
Misri reportedly reiterated the federal government’s place that the choice to halt army actions was made at a bilateral stage, rejecting US President Donald Trump’s repeated claims about his administration’s position in de-escalating the battle. He additionally knowledgeable the panel that the preliminary probe into the Pahalgam terror assault revealed that the attackers communicated with their handlers in Pakistan earlier than and throughout the assault, based on sources.
Moreover, the international secretary is claimed to have highlighted that UN-designated terrorists proceed to function freely in Pakistan, brazenly inciting violence in opposition to India, reflecting ongoing safety considerations.
Dismissed considerations about Pakistan’s use of Chinese language platforms
Some members of the panel raised considerations about Pakistan’s attainable use of Chinese language platforms throughout the current exchanges, however Misri reportedly dismissed these as irrelevant, asserting that India had successfully focused Pakistani air bases, limiting their operational capabilities.
The briefing occurred in opposition to the backdrop of Operation Sindoor, the continued Indian army marketing campaign to avenge the Pahalgam assault. Indian and Pakistani forces had engaged in a collection of intense exchanges earlier than agreeing to a brief halt in army actions on Could 10.
In the meantime, the federal government has introduced plans to ship all-party delegations to 33 international capitals to current India’s place on counterterrorism efforts, reflecting its broader technique to construct worldwide assist in opposition to militant networks.
Particulars of Misri’s full briefing to the panel are nonetheless awaited.
(With PTI inputs)