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Last Updated:May 23, 2025, 00:06 IST
Members of the Indian community in Abu Dhabi asked multiple questions to the delegates, including on why Pakistan continues to support cross-border terrorism
The diaspora event was held at the Indian consulate in Abu Dhabi and the visiting delegation were asked multiple questions. (Image: News18)
The Operation Sindoor delegation visiting Abu Dhabi told the Indian diaspora that besides the strikes on Pakistan and all-party teams, every citizen is an ambassador for the country and their effort to set narrative equally powerful and much needed.
“Together we are ‘Team India’,” the visiting team led by Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde told the Indian diaspora in Abu Dhabi on Thursday.
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The diaspora event was held at the Indian consulate in Abu Dhabi and, apart from listening to the message by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the aim of Operation Sindoor and India’s global mission, the visiting delegation were asked multiple questions.
Indians asked multiple questions to the delegates, including on why Pakistan continues to support cross-border terrorism.
The delegation conveyed to Indian citizens in UAE that it has been a month since the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam. “Nothing is the same anymore because this is an India which has hit back at Pakistan in the language that they understand. This is the new India, the new normal that Prime Minister Modi has spoken about that can get inside Pakistan territory and destroy the terror hubs. This is the new normal – an act of terror is considered act of war. This is what has been conveyed,” a source told News18.
Indian citizens further asked the delegates about UAE’s feedback on the mission. According to the sources, UAE wants to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with India and told New Delhi it is not alone in its fight against terrorism. The response was positive and nobody questioned India’s action against Pakistan, they said.
Earlier in the day, the delegation met with Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahyan, minister for tolerance and coexistence. “Islam is a peaceful religion. Nobody can use religion as a tool to kill innocent people. The UAE expressed that they stand strongly in India’s fight against terror,” a source told News18.
The delegation left from India on a two-day visit to the UAE on Wednesday (May 22). From UAE, they will visit Africa and return June 3.
Shrikant Shinde is leading the team, which comprises Bansuri Swaraj from the BJP along with advocate Manan Mishra, former external affairs minister SS Ahluwalia, BJP’s Ghaziabad MP Atul Garg, and IUML leader ET Mohammed Bashir. The delegation also has former ambassador Sujoy Chinoy.
- First Published:
May 22, 2025, 23:58 IST
