Operation Sindoor: D Raja slams govt for ignoring demand for special parliament

Amid demands for a special session of Parliament on Operation Sindoor CPI leader D Raja on Tuesday said it is unacceptable that foreign governments are to be briefed on the matter while Indians remain in the dark reported news agency PTIThe Communist Party of India CPI General Secretary D Raja further accusing the government said that political parties were neither consulted nor briefed on the matter and there was no clarity on the mandate of these delegationsRaja also stated that the governments decision to send allparty delegations to key countries including UNSC members after Operation Sindoor has been marked by opacity and exclusionThe Centre on Sunday announced the names of members of seven delegations which will consist of political leaders parliamentarians and former ministers cutting across party lines travelling to world capitals to put across Indias resolve to tackle terrorism against the backdrop of Operation SindoorTaking to his social media page he quoted It is unacceptable that foreign governments will be briefed while Indias own Parliament and people remain in the dark on X1 The governmentrsquos decision to send allparty delegations to key countries including UNSC members after Operation Sindoor has been marked by opacity and exclusion Political parties were neither consulted nor briefed and there is no clarity on the mandate of thesehellipmdash D Raja ComradeDRaja May 20 2025Talking about the recent arrest of an Ashoka University professor over his post on Operation Sindoor to the fore the CPI leader called it a suppression of dissentldquoSince the Pahalgam attack the nation has responded with unity against terror Yet the BJP has chosen to exploit the moment to deepen divisions score political points and suppress dissent The arrest of Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad targeted not for his words but for his identity and reasoned critique is one among many troubling signs his post readAccording to PTI the CPI leader Raja further sought an explanation from the government on the growing confusion over the ceasefire terms between India and Pakistan and the role of US President Donald Trump who irresponsibly alluded to a nuclear conflictShockingly the government has yet not explicitly denied or condemned his claims This stands in direct contrast to the Foreign Secretarys reported statement before a parliamentary panel that both sides used conventional warfare he saidFollowing US President Donald Trumps involvement in the ceasefire Raja questioned whether the government would answer these questions or if Indias national security dialogue would remain hostage to Donald Trumps monologuesRaja also emphasised the fact that many opposition parties including Congress have been demanding a special session of Parliament to discuss Operation Sindoor that was launched in the aftermath of the Pahalgam attackFollowing the central governments silence on the request made by the opposition party the CPI leader asserted that the government must first respect its own people and institutions before reaching out to the worldIndia deserves transparency unity and dignity not arrogance opacity and suppression he addedAccording to PTI Raja also trained guns on the BJPled governments foreign policy stating that no major nation has stood unequivocally with IndiaWorse BJP leaders like Vijay Shah who linked a decorated officer Colonel Sofia Qureshi to terrorists purely based on her religion continue as a minister bringing international embarrassment his post on X readHowever the foreign diplomatic delegations will be led by Baijayant Panda Ravi Shankar Prasad both BJP Sanjay Kumar Jha JDU Shrikant Shinde Shiv Sena Shashi Tharoor Congress Kanimozhi DMK and Supriya Sule NCPSP and will visit a total of 32 countries and the EU headquarters in Brussels Belgium reported PTIWith PTI inputsatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params