Tharoor In US, Owaisi In Saudi — Who Goes Where For India's Diplomatic Outreach

To bolster India's counter-terrorism efforts post "Operation Sindoor," seven all-party delegations, comprising 51 leaders, MPs, and ex-ministers, will visit 32 countries and the EU.

The delegations will be led by figures like Shashi Tharoor, Supriya Sule, and Ravi Shankar Prasad including both NDA and non-NDA members.

Source : PTI

A total of 51 political leaders, MPs, and former ministers cutting across party lines will be part of the seven delegations that will travel to various countries putting across India's resolve to tackle terrorism against the backdrop of Operation Sindoor.

The seven all-party delegations will be led by parliamentarians from across the political spectrum which will visit 32 countrie and the European Union headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

Each delegation will be led by seven MPs including Baijayant Panda, Ravi Shankar Prasad (both BJP), Sanjay Kumar Jha (JDU), Shrikant Shinde (Shiv Sena), Shashi Tharoor (Congress), Kanimozhi (DMK) and Supriya Sule (NCP-SP). 

Each delegation will comprise seven to eight political leaders apart from former diplomats. Of the 51 political leaders, 31 are from the ruling NDA while the remaining 20 are from non-NDA parties. 

At least one Muslim member, either among politicians or diplomats, will be a part of all the seven delegations. 

Here are all the details about the delegations, their leaders, delegation members and the countries to be visited. 

 Group -1

Countries: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and Algeria.

1. Baijayant Panda (BJP) - Leader 
2. Nishikant Dubey (BJP)
3. Phangnon Konyak (BJP)
4. Rekha Sharma (BJP)
5. Asaduddin Owaisi (AIMIM)
6. Satnam Sandhu (nominated)
7. Ghulam Nabi Azad (former minister)
8. Harsh Shringla (former foreign secretary)

Group-2

Countries: United Kingdom, France, Germany, the EU, Italy and Denmark

1. Ravi Shankar Prasad (BJP)- Leader
2. Daggubatti Purandeswari (BJP)
3. Priyanka Chaturvedi (SS-UBT)
4. Ghulam Nabi Khatana (nominated)
5. Amar Singh (Congress)
6. Samik Bhattacharya (BJP)
7. M J Akbar (former Union minister) 
8. Pankaj Saran (former diplomat) 

Group -3

Countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan and Singapore

1. Sanjay Jha JD(U)- Leader 
2. Aparajita Sarangi (BJP) 
3. Yusuf Pathan (Trinamool)  
4. Brij Lal (BJP)
5. John Brittas (CPI-M)
6. Pradan Barua (BJP)
7. Hemang Joshi (BJP)
8. Salman Khurshid (former minister)
9. Mohan Kumar (former diplomat) 

Group-4

Countries: UAE, Liberia, Congo and Sierra Leone

1. Shrikant Eknath Shinde (Shiv Sena)- Leader 
2. Bansuri Swaraj (BJP)
3. E T Mohammed Basheer (IUML)
4. Atul Garg (BJP)
5. Sasmit Patra (BJD)
6. Manan Kumar Mishra (BJP)
7. S S Ahluwalia (former minister) 
8. Sujan Chinoy (former diplomat) 

Group-5 

Countries: US, Panama, Guyana, Colombia and Brazil

1. Shashi Tharoor (Congress)-Leader 
2. Shambhavi (LJP-RV)
3. Sarfaraz Ahmed (JMM)
4. G M Harish Balayogi (TDP)
5. Shashank Mani Tripathi (BJP)
6. Bhubaneshwar Kalita (BJP)
7. Milind Deora (Shiv Sena)
8. Tejasvi Surya (BJP) 
9. Taranjit Sandhu (former diplomat) 

Group- 6

Countries: Spain, Greece, Slovenia, Latvia, and Russia

1. Kanimozhi (DMK)- Leader 
2. Rajeev Rai (SP)
3. Mian Altaf Ahmad (NC)
4. Brijesh Chowta (BJP)
5. Prem Chand Gupta (RJD)
6. Ashok Kumar Mittal (AAP) 
7. Manjeev Puri (former diplomat)
8. Jawed Ashraf (former diplomat)

Group-7

Countries: Egypt, Qatar, Ethiopia, and South Africa

1. Supriya Sule (NCP-SP)- Leader 
2. Rajeev Pratap Rudy (BJP)
3. Vikramjit Sahney (AAP)
4. Manish Tewari (Congress)
5. Anurag Thakur (BJP)
6. Lavu SriKrishna Devarayalu (TDP)
7. Muraleedharan (former minister)
8. Anand Sharma (former minister)
9. Syed Akbaruddin (former diplomat)