After concluding successful Bahrain visit, all-party delegation led by Baijayant Panda arrives in Kuwait
Published on May 26, 2025
By IANS
- KUWAIT CITY — After concluding a successful and productive visit to West
Asian country of Bahrain, the all-Party delegation led by Bharatiya Janata
Party leader Baijayant Jay Panda arrived in Kuwait for a two-day visit on Monday,
as part of the Operation Sindoor outreach campaign, to highlight India's zero
tolerance policy against terrorism.
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- Earlier, Ambassador of India to Kuwait, Adarsh Swaika,
received the eight-member delegation led by BJP MP Panda at the airport here.
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- "The All-Party delegation led by Baijayant Panda
arrived in Kuwait carrying India's resolute message of #ZeroTolerance and
#NewNormal against terrorism to be highlighted in its engagements in Kuwait.
Amb @AdarshSwaika1 received the delegation at the airport, " the Indian
Embassy in Kuwait said early Monday morning in a social media post on X.
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- Earlier, the Indian Embassy in Kuwait said in another X
post: "#PahalgamTerrorAttack #OperationSindoor #FightAgainstTerror
#NeverForgetNeverForgive."
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- "The All-Party delegation led by Baijayant Panda
concluded its successful Bahrain visit. India thanks its friend Bahrain for
expressing solidarity in the fight against terrorism," the Indian Embassy
in Bahrain said in a X post which was also shared by BJP leader Panda on his
official X account.
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- The all-party delegation, led by Baijayant Jay Panda,
includes BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, BJP MP Phangnon Konyak, BJP MP Rekha Sharma,
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) MP Asaduddin Owaisi, BJP MP
Satnam Singh Sandhu, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad
and former Indian diplomat Harsh Shringla.
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- Previously during their visit in Bahrain, the delegation
interacted with several quarters of the Bahraini society to brief them on
India's response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack and its broader fight
against cross-border terrorism.
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- "India's timeless ethos of tolerance, coexistence
& respect for all was at the heart of our engaging session at the King
Hamad Global Center for Coexistence and Tolerance. With our all-party
delegation colleagues, we shared perspectives & reaffirmed the strong
India-Bahrain bond built on shared values. #OperationSindoor," BJP leader
Baijayant Panda said on Sunday in a post on X.
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- "India & Bahrain share a dynamic partnership,
driven by mutual trust & growing cooperation across sectors. Along with
my all-party delegation colleagues, had a meaningful exchange with His
Excellency Abdul Nabi Salman Ahmed, First Deputy Speaker, discussing ways to
deepen ties & reaffirming India's firm stand against terrorism.
#OperationSindoor #IndiaAgainstTerror," Panda said in another X post.
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- "The All-Party delegation, today, called on Shaikh
Khalid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, Bahrain's Deputy Prime Minister, and briefed
about the significance of Operation Sindoor and reaffirmed India's firm stance
against cross-border terrorism. The delegation also put across India's position
in the context of recent terror attack in India and the subsequent related
developments," the Indian Embassy in Bahrain said in a press statement on
Monday on X.
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- "In addition, the delegation also briefed Ali bin
Saleh Al Saleh, Chairman of the Shura Council, and Abdul Nabi Salman Ahmed,
First Deputy Speaker of the Council of Representatives. The delegation highlighted
the precise, measured, and non-escalatory nature of Operation Sindoor against
the barbaric terrorist attack on the tourists in Kashmir on April 22," the
Indian Embassy in Bahrain added in the press statement.
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- "The All-Party delegation interacted with the
leading Think-Tanks of the Kingdom of Bahrain namely the International
Institute for Strategic Studies and King Hamad Global Center for Coexistence
and Tolerance. In both the meetings, the delegation briefed them on India's
zero tolerance policy on terrorism," the Indian Embassy in Bahrain noted
in the press statement.
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- The multi-party delegation, consisting of seven groups
led by one MP each, has been initiated to counter Pakistan's global
misinformation and highlight India's zero tolerance policy on terrorism.
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- The seven group of delegations are visiting Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait, Bahrain, Algeria, the UK, France, Germany, the EU, Italy, Denmark,
Indonesia, Malaysia, Korea, Japan, Singapore, the UAE, Liberia, Congo, Sierra
Leone, the US, Panama, Guyana, Brazil, Colombia, Spain, Greece, Slovenia,
Latvia, Russia, Egypt, Qatar, Ethiopia, and South Africa.
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- India had launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 in response
to the Pahalgam terror attack, targeting terror infrastructure in Pakistan and
Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir.
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- The Indian armed forces responded effectively to
subsequent Pakistani aggression and pounded its airbases.
