Manish Tewari cites Kishore song to declare he will travel with govt delegation on Op Sindoor outreach

Even as the Congress kept its leaders guessing over its stand with respect to the government nominees in the delegations finalised for global outreach on Operation Sindoor, Chandigarh MP Manish Tewari cited a Kishore Kumar song to announce his acceptance for the tour.

After Shashi Tharoor, former minister Tewari becomes the second Congress leader who has conveyed his acknowledgment for the government invitation to be part of the group that will present the Indian position on Pakistan sponsored terror to the world.

Tewari, like Thatoor, hasn’t been nominated by the Congress, though both are on the government list.

Taking to X today, Tewari said:

“A song from the movie ‘Akraman ‘ 1975 sung by Kishore Kumar for Rajesh Khanna reminds us as how to answer the call of the nation

“Dekho veer

Jawaanon apne

Khoon pe yeh

Ilzaam na aaye

Maa na kahe ke

mere bete

Waqt pada to kaam

na aaye “

Dekho Veer Jawanon Apne Khoon Pe | Kishore Kumar | Aakraman 1975 Patriot....”

Tewari’s X post came hours after Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the party was leaving it to the conscience of MPs who are not on the official list of the party to decide whether they would participate in the government outreach.

Last night though Jairam had in a statement said the MPs would “of course go.”

Other Congress leaders named by the government but not by the party are Salman Khurshid and Amar Singh.

They are yet to formally announce their decision on whether they will travel.

Anand Sharma is the only official Congress nominee the government has included in its delegation. The other three Congress nominees are Gaurav Gogoi, Nasir Hussain and Raja Brar.

These three have not found a place in government panels.