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'How many countries backed India?' asks TMC MP who was part of Operation Sindoor global outreach
Scroll | June 18, 2025 1:39 AM CST

Trinamool Congress MP on Monday asked how many of the 33 countries that Indian delegations had visited after Operation Sindoor had extended support to New Delhi after the outreach campaign.

Banerjee had been part of a team led by Janata Dal (United) MP Sanjay Kumar Jha and travelled on May 21 to Japan, followed by South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore.

The Trinamool Congress National General Secretary said that Indian citizens deserve transparency and accountability on the government’s response to the April 22 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, which left 26 dead.

“How did four terrorists manage to infiltrate the border and launch an attack that killed 26 innocent civilians?” he asked. “Where is the accountability for this massive breach in national security?”

He also questioned whether the four terrorists responsible for the “brutal, religion-based massacre” had been brought to justice.

Banerjee asked whether the attack was the result of an intelligence failure and questioned the one-year extension in service granted to Intelligence Bureau chief Tapan Kumar Deka barely a month after the attack.

“Why was he rewarded rather than held accountable?” the Trinamool Congress general secretary asked. “What is the compulsion?”

He also raised questions about United States President Donald Trump’s claims that he brokered a ceasefire between India and...


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