All-party meet: ‘We’re with the government,’ says Congress, however…

The Congress occasion on Thursday, 8 Could, prolonged its unequivocal assist to the Centre on Operation Sindoor, however urged the federal government to nonetheless convene a particular session of Parliament so a “good message can exit” to the remainder of the world, as occasion president and Rajya Sabha LoP Mallikarjun Kharge put it.

An all-party assembly was referred to as in Delhi to transient the assorted political events on Operation Sindoor.

Defence minister Rajnath Singh, who chaired the assembly, knowledgeable the leaders that over 100 terrorists had been killed in retaliatory operations. He reiterated the federal government’s resolve to eradicate terrorism and safeguard nationwide safety.

Chief of the Opposition within the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi mentioned after the assembly: “We now have prolonged our full assist to the federal government.”

Later, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge — who’s chief of the Opposition within the Rajya Sabha — mentioned : “We now have given full assist to the federal government on this hour of disaster. All events expressed solidarity with the armed forces. Within the assembly, Rahul Gandhi-ji urged the federal government to convene a particular session of Parliament so {that a} robust message of nationwide unity is conveyed to the world and the nation is reassured.”

This was the second all-party assembly convened by the Centre inside two weeks, highlighting the seriousness of the safety state of affairs in Jammu and Kashmir and the federal government’s effort to forge political consensus in its response to Pakistan sponsored terrorism.

Notably, prime minister Narendra Modi was not current in both of the 2 conferences.

Kharge did be aware the PM’s absence, saying, “He was not current on the earlier assembly both. It is okay, he thinks he’s above Parliament. We’ll ask him someday…”

Nevertheless, he additionally added, “However it is a time of disaster, we do not need to criticise anybody.”