Dossiers to aid teams in exposing Pak terror

The first of the seven multi-party delegations, which will travel to international capitals to articulate India's position, will leave on Wednesday, armed with a dossier highlighting Pakistan's decades-long promotion of terrorism and New Delhi's new normal in tackling cross-border terror after Operation Sindoor.

- Saubhadra Chatterji and Smriti Kak Ramachandran

Foreign secretary Vikram Misri on Tuesday briefed three of the seven delegations on the major talking points and the global outreach plans. Group three led by Janata Dal (United) lawmaker Sanjay Jha, Group four led by Shiv Sena leader Shrikant Shinde, and Group six led by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP K Kanimozhi, attended the briefing even as the latter didn't come.

The group led by Shindethe youngest group leader will leave New Delhi on Wednesday, said people aware of developments. The briefing went on for more than 1.5 hours.

"We will give a clear message that India is a peace-loving nation but if someone attacks us, we will give a reply. India is focused on economic development. Pakistan is busy with developing terrorism," said Shinde, whose group is headed to the United Arab Emirates, Liberia, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Sierra Leone.

The delegations will meet parliamentarians, ministers, government officials and think tanks in 33 countries to highlight how India has set a new normal in Operation Sindoor to emphatically tackle cross-border terror, said the people cited above.

The Indian delegations will speak about the major terror attacks sponsored by Pakistan, how Islamabad refused to act even after New Delhi provided clinching evidence of photos, DNA samples and call records in the aftermath of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, and point out that all major international terror attacks including the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks and the 2005 London bombing had direct or indirect links to Pakistan, said the people cited above.

But the thrust will be on the April 22 Pahalgam attack and India's response to terror.