Tejasvi Surya noted that every terrorist attack in the last 20-30 years that has rocked the world has had investigations directly or indirectly leading to Pakistan
An all-party parliamentary delegation led by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor will meet members of the U.S. Congress, American officials, think tanks and policy experts to brief them on Operation Sindoor, terrorism faced by India and regional security.
The delegation arrived in the U.S. capital on Tuesday (June 2, 2025) and will have packed days of engagements till Thursday (June 5, 2025). The multi-party group will be engaging with members of the U.S. Congress, American think tanks and media professionals.
Chairperson of the Standing Committee on External Affairs Tharoor is leading the delegation, which comprises Sarfaraz Ahmad (JMM), Ganti Harish Madhur Balayogi (TDP), Shashank Mani Tripathi (BJP), Bhubaneswar Kalita (BJP), Milind Deora (Shiv Sena), Tejasvi Surya (BJP) and India’s former Ambassador to the U.S. Taranjit Sandhu.
“An all-party delegation led by Dr. @ShashiTharoor arrives in Washington D.C. Over the next two days the delegation will be meeting members of the U.S. Congress and administration, think tanks, media and policymakers to brief them on Operation Sindoor and India’s strong stand against terrorism,” the Indian Embassy said in a post on X.
The delegation, which had reached New York from India on May 24, travelled to Guyana, Panama, Colombia and Brazil before arriving in Washington for the last leg of its tour. In its interactions in the U.S., the delegation will convey India’s resolve against terrorism and emphasise Pakistan’s links to terrorism. Speaking to PTI, delegation member Mr. Deora said that the group in the U.S., as well as those visiting other regions and countries, is telling the world that “India has had enough.”
He said that every country they visited so far “issued very unequivocal, I would almost say, unconditional, statements in favour of India.”
He asserted that just as countries like the U.S. have every right to protect themselves and eliminate terrorists, whether state-sponsored or non-state actors, “India has that same right. And for India to grow, for India’s economy to thrive, for American investments to continue to perform in India, India needs peace. India needs strong borders. India needs security,” he said.
“We want to live in peace. We will prefer it if we have a stable neighbour. Nobody wants an unstable lunatic living next to you,” he said. Another delegation member Mr. Surya told PTI that there is absolutely no sympathy towards Pakistani-originated terrorism.
The countries the delegation visited have “very clearly understood why India was constrained to respond militarily in the way it did and have supported India’s counterterrorism measure.”
On Wednesday (June 4, 2025), when the Indian delegation begins its meetings here, a parliamentary delegation from Pakistan led by Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman and former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is also set to arrive in Washington, DC.