Opposition wants all-party meet on India-Pak ceasefire, but 'only if PM Modi attends'

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge

With India and Pakistan agreeing to halt military actions, several Opposition leaders on Sunday called for an all-party meeting to be convened.

Their demand came a day after both countries reached a consensus to immediately cease all hostilities, including firing and military operations, following four days of intense cross-border drone and missile attacks.

Congress President and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun kharge writes to PM Modi, reiterating the Opposition's unanimous request for a special session of Parliament to discuss the Pahalgam terror attack, Operation Sindoor and the ceasefire announcementsfirst by pic.twitter.com/kVFkxmevhe

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Congress President and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge wrote to PM Modi, reiterating the Opposition's unanimous request for a special session of Parliament to discuss the Pahalgam terror attack, Operation Sindoor and the ceasefire announcements — first by Washington DC and later by the Governments of India and Pakistan.

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Critcising the efforts of countries to "internationalise" the Kashmir issue, Congress leader Sachin Pilot told press, "The opposition and the entire country supported the government's decision to punish Pakistan for its deeds, and our armed forces have also done so. However, the way Pakistan violated the ceasefire thereafter is a matter of concern — America announced the ceasefire, and the American side also said things like 'discussions to be held at a neutral place'. It's a worrying subject. Internationalisation of Kashmir is not acceptable to us... A special session of the parliament should be called and the PM should take the opposition into confidence, it will convey a message to the world..."

General Secretary in-charge (Communications), Indian National Congress, Jairam Ramesh posts on 'X': "LoP Lok Sabha and LoP Rajya Sabha have just written to the PM requesting a special session of Parliament to be convened immediately."

Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal demanded that an-all party meeting be called while urging political parties not to attend it until the government assures that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be present there. Sibal also demanded a special session of Parliament and asserted that he was confident that if Manmohan Singh had been the prime minister today, he would be present in the all-party meeting, and a special session would have been called too.

Addressing a press conference here, Sibal referred to US President Donald Trump's latest social media post on stoppage of military hostilities in which the American president said that he is proud that the US was able to help arrive at this "historic and heroic decision".

"Many questions will be raised on this tweet as well. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that for the last 48 hours talks went on. So what happened, how and why, no information has been given to us regarding this.They also stated that there will be a meeting at a neutral site. Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi also spoke with NSA Ajit Dowal," Sibal said.

"We will not issue any criticism today because this is not the time for criticism. We only want a special Parliament session and an all-party meeting to be called. I want to appeal to all political parties not to attend the meeting until the government assures them that the prime minister will be present at the meeting as well," Sibal said.

"I am confident that if Dr Manmohan Singh had been the prime minister today, he would be present in the all-party meeting, and a special session would have been called too," the Independent Rajya Sabha MP said.