The move to send multi-party delegations abroad comes amid calls from opposition parties for a special session in parliament. Opposition members have highlighted that “foreign governments will be briefed while India’s own parliament and people remain in the dark”. https://thewire.in/government/parliament-kept-in-dark-how-modi-govts-multi-party-global-outreach-differs-from-the-past
While these delegations have been briefed by the foreign secretary on talking points – including cross-border terrorism originating from Pakistan, the objectives of Operation Sindoor, Pakistan’s attempts to hyphenate itself with India in the global community, and the Indus Water Treaty – opposition members part of the delegations have said that these questions remain to be answered by the Modi government at home.
While no special session was held following terror attacks in the past and the decision to convene a parliament session rests with the government, during both the 1962 and 1971 wars, the parliament was kept in loop.
“[The] parliament should be told about what has happened and what has been done by India although there are no specific rules and it is for the government to decide to take the parliament into confidence,” said P.D.T Achary, former Lok Sabha secretary general.
24/05/2025