Overview

• The all-party delegation led by Baijayant Panda has briefed leaders in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain and will visit Algeria to highlight Operation Sindoor and cross-border terror threats.
• Asaduddin Owaisi presented a photograph showing US-designated Lashkar-e-Taiba operative Mohammad Ehsan seated next to Field Marshal Asim Munir to illustrate Pakistan’s alleged links to terrorism.
• Owaisi asserted that reinstating Pakistan on the FATF grey list is essential to choke off financing for groups targeting India and noted that past grey-listing forced Pakistan to act on 26/11 suspects.
• New Delhi is compiling a comprehensive dossier of financial records, intelligence reports and international inputs for submission to the Financial Action Task Force at its upcoming meeting.
• The delegation has challenged Pakistan’s narrative by underscoring India’s 240 million-strong Muslim community and rejecting Islamabad’s portrayal of India as hostile to Muslims.