Former Minister of External Affairs and Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Friday clarified that India did not initiate contact with Pakistan, but rather received a call from Pakistan's DGMO for cessation of hostilities during Operation Sindoor.
BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Friday responded to Congress leader Salman Khurshid's comments on Article 370, acknowledging that the former External Affairs Minister had admitted the provision was a blunder.
Khurshid, in conversation with ANI, said that India has clearly stated that talks can happen only when Pakistan's commitment to peace is clear, including talks on the Indus Water Treaty.
In an interview with ANI, Maharani praised all-party delegation for travelling to Indonesia and other nations to communicate India's policy with regards to counter-terrorism.
An all-party Indian parliamentary delegation led by JD(U) MP Sanjay Kumar Jha met Sung il-Jong, Chairman of South Korea's National Defence Committee, in Seoul as part of India's global diplomatic outreach following the Pahalgam terror attack. The delegation discussed the region's peace and s
Congress leader Salman Khurshid said that Jammu and Kashmir's progress towards peace and tourism upset forces across the border, leading them to try and disrupt the situation. He was speaking at a meeting with think tanks in Seoul as part of an all-party delegation.
Khurshid noted that the response forced Pakistan to call for a stop. However, he said that Operation Sindoor has not yet ended. "But we have to be careful, which is why the government very clearly said, we are not putting an end to the Operation Sindoor," the Congress leader added.
"The message to the world is that India is in a different league today. They see us as a country that's emerging as a top country globally," Khurshid said.
India had launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, targeting terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POJK).