Shashi Tharoor on Operation Sindoor: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said on Saturday that during the diplomatic efforts after ‘Operation Sindoor’, other countries were clearly told that if any other action of provocation was taken, India would take steps again.
Tharoor also said in a discussion here that on the 50th anniversary of the emergency, politicians should dedicate themselves to the constitution and the values ​​of our founders instead of taking political advantage.
Shashi Tharoor said during a discussion in the Ahmedabad Management Association that the Indian delegation, who visited other countries after ‘Operation Sindoor’, managed to tell his hosts that India worked with restraint and responsibility. He said that even Colombia had issued a statement expressing condolences to those killed in Pakistan, but later it was withdrawn.
Our diplomacy was successful: Shashi Tharoor
The Congress leader said, “In other places, we were actually successful in getting very highly placed some people to say that they not only respect and support India’s right to self -defense, but they also appreciated him to really reply in our restrained way.”
He said, “But I usually finish by giving a message that they should not be surprised that if this (terrorist attack) again, we will take action again and we want them to understand about it in advance. And I believe that we have not allowed everyone to have any doubt about our feelings and intentions.
India only targeted terrorist bases: Tharoor
Tharoor said that India had indicated from the beginning that it is not interested in starting a long struggle or war. He later told media persons at the venue, “We were interested in taking revenge on terrorists and we only attacked terrorist camps and terrorist bases.”
He said that the attitude of India was that “if Pakistan attacks, we will answer, if it stops, we will stop.” The day he indicated that they would stop, India was ready to stop from the beginning and no one needed to convince India to stop.
What did Tharoor say about America’s contribution to ceasefire?
He said, “The Prime Minister has also said the same. On the other hand, perhaps Pakistan needed to explain, we do not know what Americans would have said to Pakistan. If Pakistanis feel that they stopped because Americans wanted, then it is a good thing for them, this is not a problem for us. ‘
A delegation traveling to five countries led by Tharoor was one of the seven multilateral delegations that India sent to 33 global capitals to reach the international community to highlight Pakistan’s relations with terrorism.
What did Shashi Tharoor say about emergency?
Regarding the emergency imposed by the then government of the Congress 50 years ago, everyone said that it was clearly known that it was “a bad phase of our history, because during that time (freedom) was suspended a lot” and the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi himself called for the election and accepted its results.
He said, “I think all of us should use this anniversary to re -dedicate themselves to the constitution, to the values ​​of freedom, for which our founders struggled and who have established.” He said, “I hope that everyone will use this 50th anniversary not to take political advantage, but to re -dedicate themselves to those ideals.”
Regarding his recent visit to Russia, Tharoor said that it was an opportunity to contact his counterparts and meet his “old friend” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
The Congress leader said that Russia has been an old and reliable friend of India and it is always good to maintain these relationships.