Anant Gupta

1 week ago | scroll.in | Anant Gupta

Seven delegations comprising retired Indian diplomats and MPs from all major political parties are travelling around the world to deliver India’s message of zero tolerance for cross-border terrorism emanating from Pakistan. According to the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, the reason for picking members from parties across the political spectrum was to “project India’s national consensus and resolute approach to combating terrorism” on the world stage.

1 week ago | scroll.in | Anant Gupta

In the wake of the four-day India-Pakistan conflict, New Delhi has launched a public relations-offensive to inform the world about the dangers of Pakistan-backed terror in Kashmir. Seven delegations comprising MPs from both the ruling party and the Opposition as well as retired diplomats are currently travelling around the globe to present India’s point of view. They have met journalists, civil society members and policy makers in cities such as New York, Moscow, Doha and Seoul.

3 weeks ago | scroll.in | Anant Gupta

For nearly three weeks after terrorists killed 26 people in Pahalgam, India’s Opposition extended its unequivocal support to the Modi government. But the May 10 ceasefire between India and Pakistan, which the United States of America claimed to have brokered, upended this arrangement. Soon after the ceasefire was announced, opposition leaders began questioning the timing of the decision and the apparent role of the US in facilitating it.

3 weeks ago | scroll.in | Anant Gupta

In two successive all-party meetings held in New Delhi following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, a united opposition extended unconditional support to the Modi government. But as the dust began to settle after the May 10 ceasefire announcement between India and Pakistan, some leaders of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance opened political fire. Opposition politicians have since questioned the timing of the truce and the role of the United States in facilitating it.

3 weeks ago | scroll.in | Anant Gupta |Rokibuz Zaman

“Yaachna nahi, ab rann hoga,” the Bharatiya Janata Party posted on its official X profile on May 9 alongside a picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi dressed in an air force jumpsuit. “It is time for war, not appeals.”The BJP invoked lines from a famous Hindi poem by Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, as India and Pakistan appeared to be headed for a full-scale war.