Asad Rehman

1 week ago | indianexpress.com | Asad Rehman

Congress leader and former External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Friday backed the abrogation of Article 370, saying it was unfortunate that Pakistan wants to undo the “prosperity that has come to Kashmir” because of it. In an address to Indonesian think tanks and academia in Jakarta, which he is visiting as a member of a multi-party delegation to rally support for India’s war against terror emanating from Pakistan, Khurshid said, “Kashmir had a major, major problem for a long time.

1 week ago | indianexpress.com | Asad Rehman

Congress communications in-charge Jairam Ramesh, who has been consistently questioning the government over Operation Sindoor and the all-party delegations sent by it abroad, triggered a fresh war of words Thursday with remarks suggesting that just as the terrorists behind Palagam had not been caught, the teams holding meetings in world capitals were “roaming” about. The seven delegations include several leaders of the Congress, with MP Shashi Tharoor leading one of the teams.

1 week ago | indianexpress.com | Asad Rehman

Speaking to reporters on May 15, Jaishankar had said, “At the start of the operation, we had sent a message to Pakistan saying we are striking at terrorists’ infrastructure. We are not striking at the military. So the military has an option of standing out and not interfering in this process. They chose not to take that good advice.”The statement was picked up by Gandhi and the Congress, which attacked the EAM and his foreign policy decisions regarding the ongoing conflict with Pakistan.

1 week ago | indianexpress.com | Asad Rehman

The leader of an all-party team sent to rally support for India’s war against terror emanating from Pakistan said in New York Sunday that “no one sitting in Pakistan is going to be allowed to believe that they can just walk across the border and kill our citizens with impunity” and “there will be a price to pay” for such acts.

2 weeks ago | indianexpress.com | Asad Rehman

The conflict between India and Pakistan was in the conventional domain and there was no nuclear signalling by the neighbouring country, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri told the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs on Monday, The Indian Express has learnt. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and lasted two hours.