Sending Parliamentarians To Key World Capitals A Timely Step: Mehbooba Mufti
Bipartisan backing for diplomatic push on operation sindoor
Srinagar: After Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, opposition PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti has welcomed the Centre’s decision to undertake a significant diplomatic outreach by sending delegations of members of Parliament to key global capitals to present the country’s perspective on Operation Sindoor and the stance against cross-border terrorism.
Mufti in a post on ‘X’ said, “Sending parliamentarians to various countries to explain the rationale behind Operation Sindoor is a welcome and timely step. In today’s world, where war yields only destruction and is no longer a viable option, not even as a last resort, diplomacy remains our most effective tool”.
The former chief minister also said that it would have been more appropriate and democratic if the government had also convened a special session of Parliament to discuss the matter internally, while simultaneously dispatching delegations abroad. She attached a video to her post showing the destruction caused by the recent Pakistani artillery shelling in J&K’s border areas and her visiting some of the affected families.
On Saturday, Chief Minister Abdullah had called the Centre’s move as “good” and said that it would help the country in explaining its viewpoint to the outside world.
While speaking to reporters here, Abdullah had recalled that after the December 2001 Parliament terror attack the government had dispatched delegations to various parts of the world for a similar diplomatic outreach.
