Supriya Sule reflects on Pahalgam attack during Cairo speech

Nationalist Congress Party Sharadchandra Pawar MP and Group 7 of allparty delegation leader Supriya Sule recalled the deep sense of shock that followed the Pahalgam terror incident describing how the tragedy unfolded while senior political leaders were in Delhi deliberating key electoral reformsWhile addressing the Indian Diaspora in Cairo MP Sule said that the tragic incident in Pahalgam had left the entire nation hurt Five weeks ago Indias soul was hurt As you all are aware what happened in Pahalgam came as a shock to all of us it was completely unexpected Sule saidAt the time Sule noted she and several parliamentarians including BJP leader Anurag Thakur and Congress MP Manish Tewari were engaged in a highlevel meeting in Delhi discussing the possibility of implementing One Nation One Election a proposal to synchronise national and state elections across the countryWe were all sitting in a meeting in Delhi where the government is considering one nation one election So the entire election system should only happen on one day in the entire country and we were all discussing debating deliberating that how better can we make India and make it a stronger democracy and make the election process even better she saidSule pointed out that the participants were completely oblivious to the tragedy She said We were completely oblivious while we were all together in Delhi of what was happening in Pahalgam Congress MP Manish Tewari has called for firm international action against nations that employ terrorism as a tool of statecraft asserting that the time has come to officially blacklist such countries He singled out Pakistan as the prima donna among these states accusing it of perpetuating lowintensity conflict against India through proxy actorsThis is the message which all of us have tried to convey to our interlocutors that the time has come to procribe once for all those states which use terror as an instrument of state policy and Pakistan unfortunately ranks as the prima donna of those states which relentlessly and without an iota of shame continues to spawn a lowintensity conflict against India using these semistate actors said TewariBharatiya Janata Party BJP MP Anurag Thakur also part of the delegation highlighted the widespread global appeal of Indias soft power citing personal experiences with international delegations during his tenure as a Union Minister Not only in Egypt you will see the strength of Indias soft power in many countries worldwide Despite many people not even understanding your language your fan following in the country is huge Thakur saidHe recalled that during ministerial meetings with delegations from Central Asia Russia and other regions the influence of Indian culture was clearly visible When I was a Minister people and delegations from Central Asia Russia and some other countries used to come The students from Central Asia said we also want to do some cultural programs for you he recountedThakur added that he initially expected them to perform something from their native culture I thought they would sing a song from their country but imagine a person who is 2022 years old wondering which song they would like to sing they sang a song from the days of Mithun Chakraborty he said referring to the popular Bollywood star from the 1980sThe allparty delegation led by Supriya Sule also includes Rajiv Pratap Rudy Vikramjeet Singh Sahney Manish Tewari Anurag Singh Thakur Lavu Sri Krishna devarayalu Anand Sharma former Minister of Commerce amp Industry V Muraleedharan Former Minister of State for External Affairs and Syed Akbaruddin Former Permanent Representative of India to the UNThe delegation aims to brief international partners on Indias response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack and its broader fight against crossborder terrorism while engaging with leaders in key countries The multiparty delegation consisting of seven groups led by one MP each has been initiated to counter global misinformation and highlight Indias zerotolerance policy on terrorismThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever