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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee criticized the Center for naming the Trinmool MP for a diplomatic mission without her party’s consent. He said that there was no request to his party, attracting Union Minister Kiren Rijiju’s response.
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee On Monday, it was said that the Center, which named his party MP in the all-party delegation to visit various countries to campaign against Pakistan’s cross-border terrorism, could not decide the name of the member on his own, who attracts a sharp response from Union Minister Kiren Rijuju.
Trinmool chief Ms. Banerjee also said that she did not get any request to send a member to the Center’s multi-party diplomatic mission.
His response came after the Center last week, named Trinumool Congress MP Yusuf Pathan, a part of seven delegations, who would visit major world capitals to express India’s message of zero-violations against terrorism and Operation vermilionWhich was launched on May 7 last month after a deadly terrorist attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir.
“No request came to us. If any request comes to us, we can consider it. We are in favor of the country. In the issue of external affairs, we have always supported the policy of the center. Currently, we are supporting the central government’s views and actions. They cannot decide the name of the member on their own. It is not their choice, it is the party’s option.
#Watch Kolkata: Asked if TMC has excluded the multi-party diplomatic mission of the Center with the aim of combating Pakistan-provided terrorism, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee says, “… no request came from us. If we have a request to us, we can consider. We are on the favor. pic.twitter.com/8vlwjmeqvt
– Year (@ani) May 19, 2025
“If he requested me to send someone to someone, we will decide the name and tell them. It is not that we are boycotting or we are not going,” he said in the report that Trinmool would not give his MP, or any other party leader share the multi-party delegation.
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said in response that it was “not a matter of politics”.
#Watch Leh: To visit the major fellow countries about the selection of all party delegations about the tweet of Lok Sabha Lop Rahul Gandhi, to demonstrate India’s continuous fight against terrorism, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijuju says, “This is not a matter of politics.” pic.twitter.com/cqgec36qyi
– Year (@ani) May 19, 2025
“These delegations are not going to represent a party, but represent the country,” a senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader told reporters.
India’s mega diplomatic outreach
Center has announced Seven all-party delegation There are 31 political leaders of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and 20 politicians from other parties.
These delegations will be led by BJP MPs Bajayant J Panda and Ravi Shankar Prasad, Congress Shashi Tharoor,
They will be assisted by former diplomats.
He is scheduled to visit 32 countries including the European Union (EU) headquarters in Belgium, and is expected to start his tour on 23 May.
