Jun 05, 2025 01:29 PM IST

#Shashi Tharoor stated that #Indian military needed to guarantee that the #Pakistanis acquired the message.

Congress MP #Shashi Tharoor delivered a refined but witty response to a US reporter who requested whether or not #India’s latest army motion in opposition to #Pakistan was meant to ship a message to #China.

Congress chief #Shashi Tharoor throughout an interplay with journalists, on the National Press Club in Washington DC(PTI)

#Shashi Tharoor was in an interplay with journalists, on the National Press Club in Washington DC, when he stated, “I do believe that what happened on the night of the 9th and 10th speaks for itself, and even more so, the immediate reaction of #Pakistan the next morning to call off the conflict also speaks very vividly for itself, and maybe that’s the message the Chinese will have to look at.”

“The fact that they (#Pakistan) were using Chinese weapons and we were bypassing some of the Chinese radar defences, and the famous sort of Chinese network system, that’s supposed to be the great sort of Chinese ‘kill chain’ we read about in the newspapers. When #India decided to bypass some of those threats and hit the airfields, I don’t think they’re worrying about who gets the message.” Tharoor added.

He continued, “They wanted to make sure that the #Pakistanis got the message, and they got the rough end of what we were sending them, which they did.”

Earlier final month after #India focused 9 terror hubs situated in #Pakistan and PoK, #Islamabad’s overseas minister #Ishaq Dar advised Parliament that Chinese J-10C jets had been used to shoot down 5 #Indian plane, together with Rafale jets. The #Indian authorities didn’t formally confirmed the event.

However, #China’s overseas ministry denied information of the matter. Spokesperson Lin Jian acknowledged that #China was “not familiar with the matter” when questioned about attainable involvement of Chinese weaponry.

US lawmakers again #India

Tharoor led Group 5 of an all-party #Indian parliamentary delegation met with prime US lawmakers, together with HFAC chairman #Brian Mast and rating member #Gregory Meeks. After the meet, the lawmakers expressed “bipartisan” help for #India and condemned the Pahalgam terror assault.

Chairman Mast stated, “Every one of us strongly condemned the terrorist attacks that took place. There’s no room in this world for those kinds of attacks… When you are attacked, you have no choice but to respond.”

He added, “We have a great friendship and partnership between our nations, and we see nothing but growth and expansion in the future.”

The #Indian delegation’s go to to Washington is a part of a wider worldwide marketing campaign after Operation Sindoor, together with visits to Brazil and Europe, aimed toward securing international help in opposition to terrorism and reinforcing #India’s safety issues on the world stage.