'To thank our armed forces': INDIA bloc writes letter to PM Modi for special Parliament session on Operation Sindoor
INDIA bloc leaders
NEW DELHI: The INDIA bloc has written a letter to
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
demanding a special session of Parliament to discuss the Pahalgam terrorist attack and related issues, the Congress-led opposition alliance announced on Tuesday.
Speaking at a press conference, after their meeting in New Delhi's Constitution Club, the representative Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda, emphasised the need for a special session to "thank the armed forces and discuss strategies to eradicate terrorism."
"16 political parties of our alliance have written a letter to PM Modi that a special session must be called. During the Pahalgam terrorist attack and the conflict between India and Pakistan, all the opposition parties stood in support of our armed forces and the government.
When America announced a ceasefire, we again demanded that a special session of the Parliament be held so that all the parties could thank our armed forces," Hooda said.
"We should have discussions on them in the Parliament. We should also discuss how to eradicate terrorism and our further strategies. Now that the government is
putting forward its views in front of the world
, I think they should do the same in the Parliament as well," he added.
According to Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien, the parties which are signatories to the letter to the prime minister, besides his party and the Congress, are Samajwadi Party, DMK, Shiv Sena (UBT), RJD, National Conference, CPI (M), IUML, CPI, RSP, JMM, VCK, Kerala Congress, MDMK, and Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
O'Brien further informed that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which is also a part of the opposition group, will write its separate letter to the prime minister on Wednesday, supporting the demand for a special session.
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The INDIA bloc meeting was held after more than 200 MPs from the Lok Sabha signed a letter to PM Modi calling for a special session of Parliament to discuss the Pahalgam attack, Operation Sindoor, and US President Donald Trump's repeated claim that the United States brokered the India-Pakistan ceasefire.
In the early hours of May 7, India launched Operation Sindoor as a decisive military response to the April 22 attack by Pakistan-sponsored terrorists. The Indian armed forces targeted terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, resulting in a military confrontation with the neighbouring country.
On May 10, Islamabad reached out to New Delhi requesting cessation of hostilities. A ceasefire has been effect since that day.
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