In a significant accomplishment for India in its global outreach effort to expose Pakistan and to convey its zero tolerance against Terrorism, Colombia, which earlier in its statement sympathised with Pakistan over the loss of lives, has now withdrawn its statement.
All-Party Delegation Leader and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said met with former President Cesar Augusto Gaviria Trujillo, leader of the Colombian Liberal Party.
BJP MP Shashank Mani said India and Colombia can work together on clean energy, focusing on low carbon emissions, electric scooters, and decentralized energy solutions like the solar alliance.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said India offered the Indus Waters Treaty to Pakistan in goodwill, but repeated terrorist attacks have betrayed that spirit. He added the treaty is now suspended until Pakistan shows genuine intent to act in harmony, as India can no longer act unilaterally.
Reiterating India's firm stance against terrorism, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday (local time) said that the country decided that the Pahalgam terror attack could not go unpunished and launched strikes against terrorist infrastructure under Operation Sindoor.
A political storm has erupted after Congress MP Jairam Ramesh made a controversial remark stating, "our MPs are roaming and terrorists are also roaming," prompting a sharp response from BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla who strongly condemned the statement, calling it "shameful, condemnable, and
Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala has said that party MP Shashi Tharoor's recent remarks about surgical strikes, made as leader of all-party delegation, were factually incorrect and that Congress party had only corrected the record by pointing out that the surgical strikes in Pakistan
The Embassy noted in a post on X, "Ambassador H.E. Mr. Vanlalhuma warmly welcomes the all-party Parliamentary Delegation to Colombia, marking the start of a meaningful engagement to convey India's resolute stance against terrorism."
Bhartiya Janta Party spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla accused Congress of attacking its own leaders whenever Pakistan is exposed on global platforms, claiming the party treats those who prioritise national interest over political loyalty as persona non grata.
Congress leader Pawan Khera has stirred controversy by sharing an excerpt from Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's 2018 book, The Paradoxical Prime Minister, highlighting Tharoor's criticism of the "shameless exploitation" of the 2016 surgical strikes as an election tool by the BJP