‘Whole world now knows the truth’: Shashi Tharoor-led delegation wraps up US go to; urges global terror fight | India News

NEW DELHI: The multi-party parliamentary delegation led by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on late Sunday concluded its high-level go to to the United States, wrapping up the remaining leg of a diplomatic mission geared toward constructing worldwide consensus on India’s counter-terrorism stance following the April 22 terror assault in Pahalgam, which left 26 folks lifeless.Taking to X as he wrapped up the US go to, Tharoor wrote: “If you are born a hundred times, you will do it a hundred times. I will love my country with all my heart… A Watan. The whole world now knows the truth. We are lovers of non-violence, but only until someone tests that… Jai Hind!”On the remaining day of the tour, the delegation paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi’s statue in Washington. Tharoor later posted on X: “It is striking how many world capitals are adorned with statues or busts of the Mahatma, the 20th century’s greatest apostle of peace, nonviolence, and human freedom.”The group, which arrived in Washington on June 3 after stops in Guyana, Panama, Colombia, and Brazil, met with a number of key American leaders together with US Vice President JD Vance, Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, senior members of Congress, coverage consultants, and members of the Indian-American neighborhood.Describing the assembly with Vance as “an excellent meeting,” Tharoor stated the Vice President was “warm and welcoming and receptive,” and “expressed complete understanding, first of all, outrage of what happened in Pahalgam and support and respect for India’s restrained response in Operation Sindoor.”A US State Department spokesperson stated Landau “reaffirmed the United States’ strong support of India in the fight against terrorism and the strategic partnership between the two countries.”Addressing the Centre on Foreign Relations, Tharoor had stated India’s actions have been focused at terror infrastructure, not civilians. “We’re not interested in attacking Pakistani civilians, ordinary people. This is about India versus terrorism… If you’re not prepared to shut down the safe havens or arrest terrorist leaders, then I’m afraid this is the only way we can deal with it,” he stated.Referring to Pakistan’s navy, he added, “In India, the state has an army. In Pakistan, the army has a state,” accusing Islamabad of manipulating public opinion via battle. Tharoor dismissed claims of Pakistani success throughout the transient hostilities that adopted, saying, “Two videos came out on social media, both turned out to be from other conflicts in other years, nothing to do with this one.”