Abhishek Banerjee to represent Trinamool in all-party delegation on Op Sindoor : TMC team to embark on 3-day visit in parts of J-K hit by Pakistani shelling

MP, 20 May 2025, New Delhi: Trinamool Congress national general secretary and Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee will represent the party in the all-party delegations that would visit different countries to convey India's stand post Operation Sindoor, sources said on Tuesday. 

The decision came after Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju called Trinamool supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, a source said. The source claimed Rijiju called Mamata Banerjee to "pacify" her and seek her suggestions for a representative to the multi-party delegations from her party. 

Earlier, the Centre named Trinamool MP and former India cricketer Yusuf Pathan as a member of one of the seven diplomatic delegations that will travel to different foreign countries to put across India's stand on tackling terrorism against the backdrop of Operation Sindoor. 

However, Yusuf later opted out. 

On Monday, both Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee said the Centre should not decide who the party nominates for the all-party delegations. 

A five-member delegation of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) will visit parts of Jammu and Kashmir to express solidarity with the people of the region affected by the recent artillery and mortar shelling by the Pakistan Army. 

The delegation, comprising three MPs - Derek O'Brien, Sagarika Ghose and Md Nadimul Haque, West Bengal Minister Manas Bhunia and former MP Mamata Thakur, will visit from Wednesday to Friday. In its official X-handle, AITC posted "Under the guidance of AITC chairperson @MamataOfficial, a five-member delegation will be proceeding to Srinagar, Poonch and Rajouri". 

"The delegation comprising @derekobrienmp, @Md NadimulHaque6, Manas Bhuniya, Sagarika Ghose and Mamata Thakur, will be in the region from May 21 to May 23 to express solidarity with the people affected by cross-border attacks, and share the grief of the families who have lost their loved ones", AITC posted. 

On May 7, at least 13 people, including four children and a soldier, were killed and 57 injured as the Pakistan Army had carried out one of the most intense artillery and mortar shelling in years, targeting forward villages along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir. 

The shelling was conducted after the Indian missile strikes against terror infrastructure in the neighbouring country and PoK. 

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