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“National interest is paramount…” Jairam Ramesh clears Congress’ stand on all-party delegation

2025-05-18 2 Dailymotion

New Delhi, May 18, 2025 (ANI): Speaking on the all-party delegation visiting key partner countries to showcase India's continued fight against terrorism and Operation Sindoor, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh cleared party’s stance. "... Rahul Gandhi wrote a letter and before 12 noon on the 16th May, we sent 4 names from our party for the all-party MPs delegation- Anand Sharma, Gaurav Gogoi, Nasir Hussain and Raja Brar... The government had mischievous intentions from the beginning, they added 4 more names which were not in our list... We know that Operation Sindoor is being politicised... But the Congress party believes that national interest is paramount... They have included only one name from our list, 4 more are our MPs, they are not representatives of the party, but they should listen to their conscience and not politicise it...Let the MPs go, even those from the Congress, we will not stop them, we will not boycott this delegation. We do not politicise it," said Jairam Ramesh. A seven-member all-party delegation is set to visit key partner countries, including members of the UN Security Council, later this month in the context of Operation Sindoor and India's continued fight against cross-border terrorism. The following Members of Parliament will lead the seven delegations: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad, JDU leader Sanjay Kumar Jha, BJP leader Baijayant Panda, DMK leader Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, NCP (SP) leader Supriya Sule, and Shiv Sena leader Shrikant Eknath Shinde.