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The Congress has issued a whip to its Lok Sabha MPs, mandating their presence in the House for three days starting Monday, with a debate set to take place on the Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor.
On the first day of the debate, Congress' Deputy Leader in the House Gaurav Gogoi is expected to lead the opposition party's charge, sources said.
The BJP-led ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Opposition are set to lock horns over the two issues steeped in national security and foreign policy imperatives.
The NDA and the opposition parties are expected to field their top guns during the discussion in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.
A whip has been issued by the Congress mandating the presence of its MPs in the House for three days starting Monday.
Sources said Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will speak on the issues amid indications that Prime Minister Narendra Modi may make an intervention to convey his government's "robust" stand against terrorism.
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