All-Party Delegation: Leading the All-Party Delegation to Russia, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP Kanimozhi on Saturday said that from the first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, to PM Narendra Modi, all have made attempts to bring ‘permanent peace’ between India and the neighbouring Pakistan. 

Addressing a briefing in Moscow, talking about terrorism, Kanimozhi of DMK also added that it is time that we do not accept any excuse and call a spade a spade. 

“From Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru to Atal Bihari Vajpayee to PM Narendra Modi, they all made attempts to bring permanent peace between India and Pakistan. We have always taken the lead, but unfortunately, when peace talks are going on, we have also been hurt because of terrorist attacks in different parts of India, and the link always traces back to Pakistan, every time. Finally, it’s time that we will not accept any excuse and call a spade a spade. Prime Minister said it clearly that terrorism and sponsoring terrorism are not two different things,” Kanimozhi said.

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The Kanimozhi-led All-Party delegation also includes MPs Rajeev Rai (SP), Capt. Brijesh Chowta (BJP), Prem Chand Gupta (RJD), Ashok Kumar Mittal (AAP), and former Ambassador Manjeev S Puri. Other than Russia, the delegation will visit Spain, Greece, Slovenia, and Latvia. 

Vinay Kumar, Indian Ambassador to the Russian Federation had welcomed the delegation to Russia. Earlier on Saturday, the delegation paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi’s statue at the Indian embassy in Moscow.

In a post on X, Kanimozhi informed that she engaged in a dialogue with H.E. Mikhail Fradkov, former PM of Russia and Director of RISS, along with MPs of the delegation. 

She wrote, “Honored to engage in a constructive dialogue with H.E. Mikhail Fradkov, former Prime Minister of Russia & Director of RISS, along with MPs as part of our parliamentary delegation. We discussed global security challenges and the collective fight against terrorism.”

(with ANI inputs)