(Lot of planing has gone into it....
If this is one of the talking points, as they put it, then fundamentals are clear.
The lawmakers visiting the countries from the US to UAE and from Indonesia to Japan will have to candid talk vis-a-vis Pakistan.
One lawmaker claimed Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri briefs the MPs and also among other things stated that trusting Pakistan is like trusting a "chor" (thief) to investigate the crime he has committed. India's foreign outreach diplomacy is marred by fierce politics and controversies.
A party famous for Muslim appeasing and may be over cautious vis-a-vis displeasing Minority vote bank before 2026 assembly polls - that is Trinamool Congress - has replaced Yusuf Pathan.
The Mamata Banerjee-led party has now replaced the ex-cricketer Pathan by party supremo's affectionate 'bhai-po' Abhishekh Banerjee. Of course Yusuf Pathan was allegedly unilaterally selected by the central government and hence the replacement.
The Modi government allowed the change. But in the case of Shashi Tharoor, the delegation head to the US and a few important countries, the Congress remains displeased.
Selection of Tharoor is linked to Congress party's internal dynamics and Rahul (who was accommodated in 2019 as MP by K C Venugopal) is displeased the manner Tharoor is getting importance. And at the same time, the Thiruvanathapuram MP has been also applauding the Modi government for Operation Sindoor.
Rahul simply cannot 'tolerate' such love and tolerance towards Modi.
Abhishek Banerjee might think, Yusuf Pathan could have committed some mistakes and hence he has taken the charge. But all that will require tight rope walk.
At the end of the day; Hindus matter to TMC only for votes otherwise it is a Muslim appeasing party and by default they will not mind calling themselves savior of human rights and other essential and non-essential issues and concerns of Pakistan and Bangladesh.
While the Modi government expects the lawmakers to toe the talkng points but there will be Sickular protagonists who could cross the Lakshman rekha.
The Congress is already making noise about Dr S Jaishankar, India's EAM and a career diplomat for 'informing' Pakistan about Operation Sindoor. Today that genius is Rahul; tomorrow that could be Abhishek or his 'bua' !! Just because a temple has come in West Bengal does not mean; the appeasement politics and governance policies have vanished.
Still, it is good that TMC has not nominated Mahua Maitra and the quiz master who loved to scream 'Manipur - Manipur' without bothering to know A.B.C. D and ethnic and tribal and non-tribal issues in north eastern states.
They will not admit, TMC could not make any headway in Tripura because Muslim population is marginal there and in Meghalaya - a veteran neta Mukul Sangma could not do much in 2023 polls as Mamata's party was dismissed as "a Bengali party" by the voters.
Sitting MPs and former parliamentarians, of three of the seven such delegations were briefed on Tuesday by the Foreign Secretary.
The delegation(s) members will meet government functionaries, including ministers, legislators, think-tanks and media during their visits to different parts of the world.
While India is committed to peace, it will not tolerate any terror attacks on its soil and will hit back as part of its "new normal", the delegation members have been told clearly.
This is the line the MPs and ex-MPs will have to take.
In a reference to Pakistan's offer of an independent probe into the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, Misri told MPs on Islamabad's earlier behaviour of ignoring evidence and doing little.
India had presented Pakistan with facts following other terror attacks, including 26/11 in Mumbai and in Pathankot in 2026 but nothing much happened and instead Pakistan had notoriously stuck to their old line of 'denial'.
An MP quoted Misri as saying that trusting Pakistan is like trusting a "chor" (thief) to investigate the crime he has committed.
Congress might have got a mild setback on Tuesday itself as a former External Affairs Minister (under Manmohan Singh) and Congress leader Salman Khurshid, who is a member of the delegation going to Japan, Malaysia and Indonesia, said -- the decision to 'cease military action' was arrived mutually by India and Pakistan.
A rejection of Donald Trump's claim yet again.
JD(U) leader Sanjay Jha, who is leading a delegation to Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Malaysia and Indonesia, told reporters after the meeting, "Our message to world leaders will be that India has decided 'enough is enough' and that Pakistan has acted like a thief asked to probe his own crime whenever India has in the past trusted its words on acting against terrorism."
Shiv Sena leader Shrikant Shinde, who is leading a delegation to the UAE and some African countries, said they will highlight Pakistan's links to terror incidents in India and present evidence linking the country to these horrific crimes against humanity not only in India but also abroad.
India is sending delegations to all members of the UNSC, including permanent members US, UK, France and Russia, and nine non-permanent members, whose membership is ending either this year or next year.
However, India is not sending delegations to China and of course not to Pakistan either.
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