‘Just sending a message to terrorists; you started, we replied’: Tharoor on 88-hr India-Pak 'war' | Watch

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who led the all-party group presenting India’s case in the American continents, stated that New Delhi’s message to Pakistan is that no one would be permitted to believe they can “just walk across the border and kill Indian citizens with impunity”.

The Indian parliamentarian’s words came at an interactive event sponsored by the Consulate General of India in New York for a select group of people.

Tharoor is leading a team of Indian MPs to Guyana, Panama, Colombia, Brazil, and the US.

The all-party delegations are travelling the world as part of the Union Government’s diplomatic outreach efforts to demolish Pakistan’s false propaganda and highlight the country’s connections to terrorism following the Pahalgam terror assault.

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During their visits, the Indian parliamentarians are also defending the country’s  Operation Sindoor  , a mission undertaken by the Indian forces following the terror attack in Kashmir on April 22.

During his address, the MP from Thiruvananthapuram detailed the events leading to Operation Sindoor, insisting that India’s message to Pakistan had been clear: “We didn’t want to start anything.”

“We were just sending a message to terrorists. You started, we replied. If you stop, we stop. And they stopped. There was an 88-hour war. We look back on that with a great deal of frustration because it needn’t have happened at all. Lives have been lost. But at the same time, we look back on this experience with a steely and renewed sense of determination,” he added.

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