It Was Very Important For Us To Rally Around Flag: Shashi Tharoor Clarifies His Stance On Op Sindoor

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday clarified his stance on Operation Sindoor, emphasising that his perspectives have been non-public and now not consultant of the celebration’s opinion.

He highlighted the significance of rallying across the nationwide flag, specifically in the USA, Europe, and the Middle East, to give a contribution to the nationwide dialog, particularly the world over, the place India’s standpoint was once underrepresented.

Tharoor emphasized that his reviews have been person and now not reflective of the Congress celebration’s stance.

“I made it very clear that I am expressing my personal views. It was really a contribution to the national discourse, at a time when it was very important for us to rally around the flag, especially internationally. There was a relative lack of our point of view being heard, particularly in the US, Europe, and the Middle East…,” stated Tharoor.

This comes after the Congress celebration distanced itself from celebration MP Shashi Tharoor’s remarks at the Operation Sindoor and working out between India and Pakistan.

He claimed to have gained no verbal exchange from the celebration relating to his perspectives, best seeing media reviews.

“People are entirely free to reject my point of view. I have received no communication from the party; all I am seeing is media reports…,” added the Congress chief.

Tharoor affirmed that he spoke as an Indian and the perspectives he expressed have been his non-public, including that he’s neither a spokesperson of the celebration nor the federal government.

“…At this time, at a time of conflict, I spoke as an Indian. I never pretended to speak for anyone else. I am not a spokesperson for the party. I am not the government spokesperson. Whatever I have said, you may agree or disagree with that, blame it on me individually, and that’s fine…” stated Tharoor on Congress celebration’s reported remarks – ‘Lakshman Rekha’ and ‘now not celebration’s opinion’ over his stance relating to Operation Sindoor and India-Pakistan working out.

On Wednesday, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh had stated, “It is his opinion. What Shashi Tharoor speaks is not the opinion of the party.”

Reacting in this, Tharoor recommended Jairam Ramesh’s remarks, reiterating that he’s now not a spokesman of the celebration. He famous that his celebration – Congress, had already declared whole team spirit with the federal government and the militia in the beginning of India-Pakistan ‘war’ and with that spirit, he additionally expressed his fortify.

Speaking to newshounds in Thiruvananthapuram, the Congress MP stated, “But he’s correct. He’s absolutely correct. I very clear I’m not a spokesman of the party. I’m not a spokesman of the government either… People seem to think I have some knowledge about some of these subjects, and so they come and ask me my views. I make it very clear, sometimes explicitly, sometimes implicitly, that I’m expressing my personal views as an Indian, as a proud citizen, and certainly don’t forget that my own party had declared complete solidarity with the government and the armed forces at the beginning of this conflict and that spirit. I also expressed that support….”

Furthermore, Congress MP Tharoor refuted the reviews which had claimed that Congress leaders within the assembly of Congress Working Committee (CWC) had stated that Tharoor has “crossed Lakshman Rekha’ over his stance relating to Operation Sindoor and India-Pakistan working out.

Tharoor stated, “I don’t know where it came from. I was in the meeting, a closed-door meeting, with the leaders of the Congress Working Committee (CWC). I was there till 6.35 pm for the meeting that began at 4.30. And I must say that in that time there was certainly no reference to any of this, and no reference to me. Now, if something happened thereafter, I am yet to be informed of it. So when I’m informed I will react, I don’t see much point in reacting to something of which has been no official communication to me of any kind, nor any discussion of which I was a part.”

Tharoor has been praising the Centre’s dealing with of Operation Sindoor. Tharoor had additionally welcomed the working out between India and Pakistan to halt all army actions–on land, at sea, and within the air and emphasized the significance of ‘peace.’

However, Congress, which had prolonged fortify to the Centre in its motion towards the ones at the back of the April 22 Pahalgam terror assault, has now wondered the BJP-led Centre and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on United States President Donald Trump’s claims of mediating between the India and Pakistan at the cessation of hostilities.

India introduced Operation Sindoor in accordance with final month’s Pahalgam terror assault wherein 26 other people have been killed. India’s precision moves in Pakistan and PoJK on May 7 killed over 100 terrorists.