Dipanjan Mondal
New Delhi, 11 June 2025:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted members of the multiparty delegations, part of India’s diplomatic outreach in various capitals across the world following Operation Sindoor, at his official residence, 7 Lok Kalyan Marg in New Delhi.
"Met members of the various delegations who represented India in different countries and elaborated on India's commitment to peace and the need to eradicate the menace of terrorism. We are all proud of the manner in which they put forward India's voice," PM Modi said in a post on the social media platform X.
According to sources, Prime Minister Modi praised the delegations and underlined that sending so many people from the opposition in an anti-terror outreach delegation "sends a big message from India" to the world.
"He (PM) saw this as an opportunity to thank the delegations for their service, and he was very pleasant and spent more than an hour with all of us. He walked around the lawn to different tables, talking to different groups of people. We all chatted with him in an informal way. It wasn't a formal meeting at all," Mr Tharoor told news agency ANI after meeting the Prime Minister with members of other delegations.
"It was a good, lively, informal meeting. Even those of us who had given him our reports on the trip did not present those reports. We all shared many things with him, and with time, it will be apparent. A general proposition I noticed was that every country said it was a very good idea for Members of Parliament to visit them. We all suggested that we should make this a practice more often. The PM certainly seemed to take that idea onboard," Mr Tharoor added.
The delegations were headed by senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Ravi Shankar Prasad and Panda, Janata Dal (United) leader Sanjay Jha, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) leader Supriya Sule, and Shiv Sena leader Shrikant Shinde.
The delegations comprised over 50 people. A majority of these delegations had current MPs, along with former parliamentarians and ex-diplomats. The seven delegations, led by the ruling and opposition party members, visited 33 foreign capitals and the European Union to convey India's stance on terrorism.
The delegations visited Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Algeria, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Denmark, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Liberia, Congo, Sierra Leone, United States of America, Panama, Guyana, Brazil, Colombia, Spain, Greece, Slovenia, Latvia, Russia, Egypt, Qatar, Ethiopia, South Africa, and the European Union.
