NEW DELHI: Senior Congress chief and MP Shashi Tharoor have shyed away from media questions about Operation Sindoor on Monday, responding with only one phrase — “Maunvrat, Maunvrat” — as he entered Parliament, signalling his refusal to remark.His response got here forward of a scheduled 16-hour-long Lok Sabha debate on Operation Sindoor, as introduced via the parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju.Tharoor’s silence carries weight. The Thiruvananthapuram MP used to be decided on via the BJP-led Centre to constitute India’s place on terrorism and counterterrorism within the aftermath of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attackwhich killed 26 other folks. Below Operation Sindoor, introduced on Would possibly 7, India struck key terror camps in Pakistan. Tharoor led the diplomatic delegation to the US and several other international locations around the Americas to garner global reinforce.Then again, Tharoor’s sturdy backing of the federal government’s stance sparked friction inside the Congress birthday celebration. His public alignment with Operation Sindoor resulted in inside grievance and pushback from the birthday celebration prime command, additional intensified via his cryptic social media posts observed as oblique jabs.Now, questions linger over whether or not the Congress will permit Tharoor to talk in these days’s debate. His outspoken endorsement of the Centre’s motion post-Pahalgam has deepened the rift with birthday celebration management, casting uncertainty on his position within the dialogue.