'Don't work for government': Shashi Tharoor's response over Pahalgam attack
PTC News Desk: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor who is leading a delegation as part of Operation Sindoor outreach said that he doesn't work for the government during an interaction at the Indian Consulate in New York.
He lauded India's precision strike on Pakistan targeting terror infrastructure.
Tharoor said, "I don't work for the government, as you know. I work for an opposition party. I myself authored an op-ed saying the time has come to hit hard but hit smart. I'm pleased to say that's exactly what India did."
He added that India, on May 7, carried out "very precise and calibrated strikes", targeting "nine specific known terrorist bases, headquarters, and launchpads" in Pakistan and PoK.
He said that Pakistan had remained in denial, with "no convictions, no serious criminal prosecutions, and no genuine attempt to dismantle" its terror infrastructure. "The persistence of safe havens...you (Pakistan) do this, you are going to get this back," he added.
Shashi Tharoor will lead a delegation on a visit to five countries—namely the United States, Panama, Guyana, Brazil, and Colombia. The delegation comprises several Members of Parliament, including BJP's Tejasvi Surya, Bhubaneswar Kalita, and Shashank Mani Tripathi; Shambhavi Choudhary from LJP (Ram Vilas); GM Harish Balayogi of the TDP; Shiv Sena’s Milind Deora; JMM’s Sarfaraz Ahmad; and former Indian Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu.
- With inputs from agencies
