Defence Minister Rajnath Singh chairs the all-party assembly on Operation Sindoor. File
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The federal government is briefing an all-party assembly on Thursday (Could 8, 2025) on the success of “Operation Sindoor” and its aftermath, as high authorities functionaries and opposition leaders met for a second time in a fortnight amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror assault on April 22.

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Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, S. Jaishankar, J.P. Nadda and Nirmala Sitharaman represented the federal government, whereas Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge from the Congress, Sandip Bandyopadhyay of the Trinamool Congress and DMK’s T.R. Baalu have been among the many main Opposition figures within the assembly.

Mr. Singh is chairing the assembly.

Different Opposition leaders included Ram Gopal Yadav of the Samajwadi Social gathering, Sanjay Singh of the AAP, Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Sanjay Raut, NCP (SP)’s Supriya Sule, BJD’s Sasmit Patra and CPI(M)’s John Brittas.

JD(U) chief Sanjay Jha, Union minister and LJP (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan and AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi have been additionally a part of the assembly.

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Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju stated the federal government needed to temporary all events on “Operation Sindoor”.

In retaliation for the Pahalgam terror assault, Indian armed forces carried out missile strikes early Wednesday on 9 terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, together with the Jaish-e-Mohammad stronghold of Bahawalpur and Lashkar-e-Taiba’s base Muridke.

The navy strikes have been carried out below ‘Operation Sindoor’ two weeks after the bloodbath of 26 civilians in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam.

The federal government had earlier referred to as an all-party assembly on April 24 to temporary leaders on the assault.