‘India has right to defend its folks’: Indian-origin US Congressman Shri Thanedar on ‘Operation Sindoor’

Indian-origin US Congressman says India has a right to defend its folks, reacting to Operation Sindoor.

Indian-origin Democrat Congressman Shri Thanedar, who was lately within the information for bringing articles of impeachment towards President Donald Trump pushed for a deeper US-India cooperation within the aftermath of India’s Operation Sindoor towards Pakistan.“Terrorism cannot be tolerated, and it cannot go unanswered. India has the right to defend its people, and I stand firmly with our ally in its efforts to defend its people, and I stand firmly with our ally in its efforts to dismantle these extremist networks,” Thanedar wrote in an announcement.“The United States should always stand with our allies against terrorism. This is a time for deeper US-India cooperation to confront shared threats, protect innocent lives, and defend the principles of democracy, human rights, and religious freedom,” Thanedar mentioned. The US State Department additionally mentioned it’s “closely monitoring developments,” in accordance to a spokesperson Tuesday. “We are aware of the reports, however we have no assessment to offer at this time,” the spokesperson mentioned. “This remains an evolving situation, and we are closely monitoring developments.”President Donald Trump known as India’s confirmed navy operation towards Pakistan “a shame” and that he simply realized of the information forward of his Oval Office occasion Tuesday night. “It’s a shame. We just heard about it, just as we were walking in the doors of the Oval, just heard about it. I guess people knew something was going to happen based on a little bit of the past, they’ve been fighting for a long time, you know, they’ve been fighting for many, many decades and centuries,” the president mentioned. Indian NSA Ajit Doval spoke with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio “shortly after” the missile strikes on 9 terror targets in Pakistan and briefed him on the actions taken, the Indian Embassy in Washington DC mentioned. “India’s actions have been focused and precise. They were measured, responsible and designed to be non-escalatory in nature. No Pakistani civilian, economic or military targets have been hit. Only known terror camps were targeted,” a press launch from the Embassy of India, Washington DC mentioned. “India has credible leads, technical inputs, testimony of the survivors and other evidence pointing towards the clear involvement of Pakistan-based terrorists in this attack,” it mentioned.