An all-party delegation led by BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad has reached London to reiterate India’s zero-tolerance stance on terrorism.
The multi-party delegation, comprising MPs Daggubati Purandeswari, Priyanka Chaturvedi, Ghulam Ali Khatana, Amar Singh, Samik Bhattacharya, M Thambidurai and former Union minister of state MJ Akbar and Ambassador Pankaj Saran, is scheduled to meet with group teams, assume tanks, parliamentarians and diaspora leaders.
“The All Party Delegation of MPs led by Ravi Shankar Prasad arrived in London (Saturday) evening and was received by High Commissioner Vikram Doraiswami,” the Indian High Commission in the U.Ok. mentioned in a submit on X.
During their three-day go to to the U.Ok., the delegation will probably be partaking with House of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle, U.Ok. Foreign Office Minister for Indo-Pacific Catherine West, parliamentarians, assume tanks and Indian diaspora representatives, the High Commission mentioned.
The Prasad-led delegation is on a tour of six European nations as half of India’s diplomatic outreach following the terrorist assault in Pahalgam that claimed 26 lives. The delegation arrived right here after concluding its visits to France, Italy and Denmark over the previous week.
In Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen, the delegation interacted with Danish parliamentarians, overseas affairs officers and Indian diaspora teams.
“The delegation emphasised on India’s zero-tolerance towards terrorism and stance that any act of violence would be responded to befittingly. India’s appreciation of Denmark’s public stance condemning the Pahalgam terrorist attack and the expression of solidarity with India was conveyed to the Danish side during the meetings,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) mentioned in a press release earlier.
From the U.Ok., the delegation will head for discussions and conferences with a cross-section of parliamentarians, political leaders and diaspora teams in the European Union (EU) and Germany.
The delegation is one of the seven multi-party delegations India has tasked to go to 33 world capitals to attain out to the worldwide group to emphasise Pakistan’s hyperlinks to terrorism.
Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated after the Pahalgam terror assault, with India finishing up precision strikes on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in the early hours of May 7.
Pakistan tried to assault Indian army bases on May 8, 9, and 10. The Indian facet responded strongly to the Pakistani actions.
The on-ground hostilities ended with an understanding of stopping the army actions following talks between the administrators normal of army operations of each side on May 10.
Published – June 01, 2025 10:04 am IST
