New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Heaping praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Operation Sindoor's global outreach programme, Nationalist Congress Party (SCP) MP Supriya Sule on Monday said that it was 'greatness' of PM Modi that he showed faith in opposition leaders to lead the delegations.

Seven groups of all party delegations, including Opposition MPs such as NCP-SCP's Supriya Sule, Congress party's Shashi Tharoor, AIMIM chief Asaddudin Owaisi, and former ambassadors, visited several nations across the globe to promote India's policy of zero tolerance against terrorism.

Group 7, led by NCP-SCP's Supriya Sule, went to Egypt, Qatar, Ethiopia, and South Africa.

Speaking during the discussion on Operation Sindoor in the Lok Sabha, Supriya Sule stated that the Congress party and the entire opposition had earlier clarified that they stand with Narendra Modi's government with full strength.

'When we got a call from Kiren Rijiju, he just told me on the phone that Supriya, you will have to give 10 days for the country... It was the greatness of the Prime Minister that he showed faith in the opposition leaders to lead the delegations... At the all-party meeting, the Congress party was the first to say that the Congress party and the entire opposition will stand with Narendra Modi's government with full strength,' Sule said in the lower house.

Criticising Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Tejasvi Surya, Sule said, 'I would like to tell Tejasvi Surya and put it on record, he said that Jawaharlal Nehruji, the first Prime Minister of India, never encouraged the defence forces and we have never done anything; this is the first time India has done exceptionally well in its armed forces. He has not only insulted thousands and lakhs of Indian forces and armies and their families who have stood so that you and I can be safe. I object to the statement that he has made... Tejasvi Surya, if you haven't read history, then read it... When it comes to the country, the country comes first, then the state, then the party, then the family.'

Meanwhile, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar addressed the Lok Sabha during a discussion on Operation Sindoor, outlining India's diplomatic efforts and taking sharp aim at the Opposition.

Speaking on India's approach in the aftermath of the attack, Jaishankar said the focus of Indian diplomacy was the United Nations Security Council.

'The focus for our diplomacy was the UN Security Council. The challenge for us was that at this particular point, Pakistan is a member of the Security Council and we (India) are not (at that time)...,' he said.

Jaishankar highlighted India's key objectives at the UN body.

India aimed to secure the Council's endorsement for holding Pakistan accountable for cross-border terrorism and to bring to justice those who perpetrated this attack. He expressed hope that the House acknowledges the efforts made in this regard.

'Our goals in the Security Council were two: 1- to get an endorsement from the Security Council of the need for accountability, and 2- to bring to justice those who perpetrated this attack,' Jaishankar said.

He noted the April 25 statement issued by the Security Council and said India's goals were met.

'I am glad to say that if you look at the Security Council statement of 25th April, the members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack. They affirmed that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security,' the EAM said.

He further added that the statement marked an important step in holding those responsible accountable.

Earlier today, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh initiated the long-awaited discussion on Operation Sindoor on the floor of the lower house of Parliament. (ANI)