The Union government on Thursday held an all-party meeting to brief the various political parties about the affirmative action taken during Operation Sindoor on Wednesday.
Sources said that Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, during an all-party meeting, said that Indian strikes on terrorist establishments in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) under Operation Sindoor eliminated at least 100 terrorists. The operation had targeted nine terror sites, and all of them were destroyed.
Post this meeting, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said that Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh chaired the meeting and members of each party were briefed about the operation conducted by the Indian Armed Forces on Wednesday morning.
Kiren Rijiju emphasised that all the leaders have showcased "maturity" and asserted that at the present time, all are "together". The Union Minister informed that everyone congratulated the Indian Armed Forces for the Operation Sindoor and offered their support to the government into the matter.
After the meeting, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi affirmed the party’s full support, echoing Mallikarjun Kharge’s stance that certain issues should not be discussed publicly and noting that all parties were unanimous in their support.
Earlier, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said national unity and solidarity is the need of the hour and his party stands with the armed forces.
Kharge's remarks came after Indian armed forces carried out missile strikes on terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
"India has an unflinching national policy against all forms of terrorism emanating from Pakistan and PoK," the Congress chief said in a post on X.
The missile strikes were carried out under 'Operation Sindoor' two weeks after the massacre of 26 civilians in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam.
Under 'Operation Sindoor', the Indian military targeted Markaz Taiba of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in Muridke, Markaz Subhan Allah of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in of Bahawalpur and Hizbul Mujahideen's Mehmoona Joya Facility in Sialkot and LeT's base in Markaz Ahle Hadith in Barnala and its camp in Muzaffarabad's Shawai Nalla.
With agency inputs
