'Boycott This Baraat': Raut Questions Need For Op Sindoor Outreach

Sanjay Raut questioned the need for the delegations and the inclusion of Shrikant Shinde. Despite Raut's criticism, his party colleague Priyanka Chaturvedi is participating in the delegation.

Sanjay Raut criticised the government's "Operation Sindoor" diplomatic outreach, calling it a "baraat" and urging the INDIA bloc to boycott it.

Source : PTI

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut has questioned the need for the diplomatic outreach on Operation Sindoor. He likened the formation of delegation who will travel to various countries with a 'baraat' and called the INDIA bloc to boycott it. 

The governemnt has announced seven all-party delegations which will travel to different countries including the US, UK, Saudi Arabia, South Africa among 33 countries, including the EU.  

Raut also targeted Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Shiv Sena MP and son of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde for his inclusion in the delegation. 

“There was no need to send this baraat. The Prime Minister is weak. There was no need to rush this. What will the son of the Deputy CM (MP Shrikant Shinde, son of Eknath Shinde) represent abroad?” he questioned. 

“The BJP has politicised this; they have a habit of doing politics in everything. The India bloc should boycott this baraat,” he added. 

Uddhav Sena MP Part Of Delegation

Notably, Raut's party colleague Priyanka Chaturvedi is also one of the 51 members who will be part of the delegation that includes political leaders, parliamentarians, former ministers, and former diplomats. 

She will be part of the delegation that will travel to the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Denmark, and the European Union headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. 

Headed by Bharatiya Janata Party MP Ravi Shankar Prasad, other members in the delegation will include Daggubatti Purandeswari (BJP), Ghulam Nabi Khatana (nominated), Amar Singh (Congress), Samik Bhattacharya (BJP), M J Akbar (former Union minister), and Pankaj Saran (former diplomat). 

The other six delegations will be headed by Baijayant Panda (BJP), Shashi Tharoor (Congress), Kanimozhi (DMK), Supriya Sule (NCP-SP), Sanjay Jha (JD-U), and Shrikant Eknath Shinde (Shiv Sena). Each delegation has seven to eight members with Muslim representation.