Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said on Sunday that “comments and criticism” on Operation Sindoor and subsequent military hostilities with Pakistan are “bound to be there.”Tharoor, however, called for the seven all-party delegations to remain focused on their mission, adding that questions can be raised when the delegations are back in India.“I think this is a time now for us to focus on our mission. Undoubtedly, in a thriving democracy, there are bound to be comments and criticisms, but I think at this point we can’t afford to dwell on them,” he told reporters in Brazil, after arriving with his group, from Colombia.“When we get back to India, no doubt we’ll have our chance to speak to our colleagues, critics, media there. But right now we’re focused on the countries we’re coming to and getting the message out to the people here,” the Thiruvananthapuram MP added.The remarks by Tharoor, the leader of the all-party delegation to the United States and Latin America, came a day after his party sharpened its attack on the Centre over India’s “losses” in aerial combat with Pakistan on May 7, when the Indian armed forces conducted precision strikes, under Operation Sindoor, targeting nine terror facilities in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.The Congress’ attack was prompted by an interview of India’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Anil Chauhan, in Singapore. Speaking to Bloomberg TV, during the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, General Chauhan, the country’s senior-most military officer, remarked, “What is important is that, not the jet being down, but why they were being downed. We identified tactical errors, corrected them, and resumed operations within two days.”Also Read | ‘Fog of war lifting’: Kharge attacks Modi govt after remarks by CDS Anil Chauhan on Operation SindoorOperation Sindoor was India’s retaliation to the April 22 attack by Pakistan-backed terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam.Following the attack, the government also constituted seven multi-party delegations. Each group – there are 51 members in total – will go to different countries (33) to reiterate India’s “zero-tolerance stance” on terrorism.