NEW DELHI: An eight-member all-party delegation led by Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde departed for the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, marking the next phase of India’s international outreach to expose Pakistan’s terror links and highlight the country’s zero-tolerance stance against terrorism. The group will also visit Liberia, Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo.Tthe delegation includes BJP MPs Bansuri Swaraj, Atul Garg, Rajya Sabha MP and senior advocate Manan Kumar Mishra, BJP leader SS Ahluwalia, IUML MP ET Mohammed Basheer, BJD MP Sasmit Patra, and Ambassador Sujan Chinoy. Their visit is part of India’s public diplomatic campaign following Operation Sindoor, which was launched in retaliation to the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam that claimed 26 civilian lives.MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal shared an image of the delegation on social media with the caption: “United in the fight against terrorism.” He added that the group is “carrying India’s strong message of zero tolerance against terrorism and apprising the world about Operation Sindoor.”Speaking before departure, Shinde said, “It’s important to tell the world what India has been facing for many years and how Pakistan has been funding and supporting terrorism. India has progressed economically, while Pakistan has only progressed in terrorism.”BJP leader SS Ahluwalia stated, “We will give a correct answer to the false news spread by Pakistan’s propaganda machinery.” BJP MP Atul Garg added that the delegation will “answer every question and assert that like any other nation, India reserves the right to respond to terrorist attacks.”Manan Kumar Mishra said the sole aim is to inform global partners that “Pakistan is a terrorist State… India has suffered for 30 years because of it.” He stressed that India’s strikes were limited to terror bases, sparing civilians and military personnel. “When Pakistan cried for peace, we agreed. But India has a firm policy—zero tolerance for terrorism,” he said.BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj underlined that Operation Sindoor was India’s reply to the Pahalgam attack, describing it as a “new pledge of justice.” She quoted PM Modi’s position: “Terror and talks can’t go together, blood and water won’t flow together, trade and terror will not happen together.”The Shinde-led team is one of seven all-party delegations dispatched this month to 33 world capitals to explain India’s actions and expose Pakistan’s terror ecosystem. Another group, led by JD(U)’s Sanjay Kumar Jha, left for Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore earlier on Wednesday.According to ANI, CPI(M) MP John Brittas, part of the East Asia delegation, said, “This is a public diplomatic outreach… the world has to unite against terrorism, and countries must rally with India in its concerns.”