(MENAFN- Kashmir Observer) New Delhi- The government briefed an all-party meeting on Thursday on the success of“Operation Sindoor” and its aftermath, as top government functionaries and opposition leaders met for a second time in a fortnight amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22.
Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, S Jaishankar, J P Nadda and Nirmala Sitharaman represented the government, while Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge from the Congress, Sandip Bandyopadhyay of the Trinamool Congress and DMK's T R Baalu were among the leading opposition figures in the meeting.
Singh chaired the meeting.
Other opposition leaders included Ram Gopal Yadav of the Samajwadi Party, Sanjay Singh of the AAP, Shiv Sena (UBT)'s Sanjay Raut, NCP (SP)'s Supriya Sule, BJD's Sasmit Patra and CPI(M)'s John Brittas.
JD(U) leader Sanjay Jha, Union minister and LJP (Ram Vilas) leader Chirag Paswan and AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi were also part of the meeting.
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Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said the government wanted to brief all parties on“Operation Sindoor”.
In retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack, Indian armed forces carried out missile strikes early Wednesday on nine terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, including the Jaish-e-Mohammad stronghold of Bahawalpur and Lashkar-e-Taiba's base Muridke.
The military strikes were carried out under 'Operation Sindoor' two weeks after the massacre of 26 civilians in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam.
The government had earlier called an all-party meeting on April 24 to brief leaders on the attack.
Political consensus on Operation Sindoor: Rijiju after all-party meet
Leaders across the political spectrum attending an all-party meeting convened by the government on Thursday were united in support of Operation Sindoor, targeted at terrorist sites inside Pakistan, and congratulated the armed forces for the decisive action.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh briefed the leaders about the action taken by the armed forces, but refused to share details about Operation Sindoor saying the action was still“ongoing”.
“There were some queries from the opposition, but the Raksha Mantri said since this was an ongoing operation there cannot be a separate briefing on every incident,” Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju told reporters after the 90-minute meeting.
“This meeting was to evolve a broad political consensus. All the leaders have shown maturity at a time when the nation was faced with big challenges,” he said.
Besides Defence Minister Singh, the meeting was attended by Home Minister Amit Shah, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Leaders of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, BJP president and Health Minister J P Nadda.
DMK leader T R Baalu, Sudip Bandyopadhyay (TMC), Supriya Sule (NCP-SP), Sanjay Raut (Shiv Sena-UBT), Ramgopal Yadav (SP), John Brittas (CPI-M), Asaduddin Owaisi (AIMIM), Shrikant Shinde (Shiv Sena), Praful Patel (NCP), Chirag Paswan (LJP-RV) and Sasmit Patra (BJD) were among those present at the meeting.
“All the leaders have shown maturity at a time when we are all working together. Everyone has hailed and congratulated the armed forces for Operation Sindoor, and said that we will support the government and armed forces,” Rijiju said.
He said some leaders also made certain suggestions and voiced concern over the prevalence of fake news on social media.
“I believe all political leaders showed maturity. There is no room for politics at a time when the nation is faced with big challenges,” Rijiju said.
He said the political parties expressed pride in the action taken by the armed forces.
“Today's meeting demonstrated that political parties do not indulge in politics just to form the government , but also to build the nation. This reflects that India is a mature democracy,” Rijiju said quoting the defence minister at the meeting.
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