“Incumbent upon govt to nation” KP Chidambaram on Parliament session over Pahalgam incident

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Description: Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), May 20, 2025 (ANI): Talking to ANI, Congress MP Karti P Chidambaram speaks about the Operation Sindoor and Pahalgam event. He said that it is necessary that the government should come and make a statement on the floor of the house.He said, "We support Operation Sindoor unconditionally. It is incumbent upon the government to call for a short session of the Parliament and to inform the nation through the house about the events post-Pahalgam, including what led to the security failure in Pahalgam...It is necessary that the government comes and makes a statement on the floor of the house..."

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00:00So we support Operation Sindhoor unconditionally.

00:05We also understand, because of issues of national security,

00:10all facts can't be laid out on the table immediately.

00:15But it's still incumbent upon the government to call for a short session of parliament

00:20and to inform the nation through the House about the events post-Pahalga.

00:27And then including what led to the security failure in Pahalga.

00:33So we are asking for a short parliamentary session.

00:36Some legitimate questions will be asked.

00:38Those questions can at times be answered openly.

00:43Some can't be answered openly. We understand that.

00:46But questions will be asked.

00:47And that's only natural in a functioning parliamentary democracy that we ask those questions.

00:52So why are the BJP hesitating to call?

00:56It's really up to the government.

00:57I mean, I think a short session of parliament would be in order.

01:02I think a two-day session in which the Prime Minister and the Defence Minister

01:05can come and take the House into confidence

01:07and tell us what the actions the government has taken post-Sindhoor,

01:13which we only have through press reports and other briefings.

01:16But yesterday the Foreign Secretary has briefed the Foreign Affairs Committee.

01:19But I think more such briefings are necessary.

01:21But I completely understand that they can sometimes not disclose all matters

01:26because this concerns national security.

01:28I think it's an easy one for the first time when the Prime Minister has taken a toll on the Moon.

01:33And that's not fair.

01:33And that's another thing is that the Prime Minister of the Foreign Affairs Committee

01:37can do your support.

01:38And that's coming to the Office of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

01:40So what we're doing here is that

01:43we don't have to decide that we should keep trying time to see the Prime Minister...

01:45So what we're doing here is that it can look like,

01:46we should be trying to do the radio.

01:48And that's what we're doing here.

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