While diplomats talk numbers and protocol, legislators tell stories. One persuades the head, the other moves the heart. Our Parliament could be the world’s best conflict-prevention tool.
Members shared their experience with the prime minister, with the Centre having already praised the work of the seven delegations comprising over 50 people, mostly current MPs.
Tough receptions in Malaysia & Colombia to favourable responses across other nations, Indian leaders faced diverse challenges during their outreach after India-Pakistan conflict.
Shinde’s remarks came in response to Gandhi’s claim that Modi ‘surrendered’ before Trump and agreed to cessation of hostilities between India & Pakistan in aftermath of Op Sindoor.
An incentive system for Indian diplomats that is based on validation through recognition ‘back home’ would lead to a preference for spectacle over substance.
The group, led by DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi met members of the Spanish Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, Vice President Antonio Gutierrez Limones & Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares.
Pawan Khera makes it clear that party leadership had taken umbrage to remarks, shares a Manmohan Singh statement that Congress-led UPA govt too had carried out surgical strikes.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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