New Delhi: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Monday briefed Parliament’s Standing Committee on External Affairs on the India-Pakistan conflict, emphasising that it remained strictly within the conventional military domain, with no nuclear signalling from Pakistan, according to sources. The meeting, chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, included lawmakers from across the political spectrum, such as TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee, Congress’s Rajeev Shukla and Deepender Hooda, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, and BJP MPs Aparajita Sarangi and Arun Govil.
Misri reportedly reiterated the government’s position that the decision to halt military actions was made at a bilateral level, rejecting US President Donald Trump’s repeated claims about his administration’s role in de-escalating the conflict. He also informed the panel that the preliminary probe into the Pahalgam terror attack revealed that the attackers communicated with their handlers in Pakistan before and during the assault, according to sources.
Additionally, the foreign secretary is said to have highlighted that UN-designated terrorists continue to operate freely in Pakistan, openly inciting violence against India, reflecting ongoing security concerns.
