India, May 22 -- The Congress on Thursday said that the Centre's move to send delegations on Operation Sindoor abroad is a "meaningless optical exercise" and termed it the government's "weapons of mass distraction."

Speaking with PTI, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi call a special session of Parliament to clarify the ceasefire claims made by US President Donald Trump.

"The continued refusal of the PM to call a session of Parliament and meanwhile send a delegation of 50 MPs to different countries...is all domestic optics and meaningless," Ramesh said.

"India and Pakistan have WMDs (weapons of mass destruction). India has one more class of WMD that Pakistan does not have -- weapon of ma...