India, May 28 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, leading one of the all-party delegations on Operation Sindoor global outreach mission, has asserted in Panama City that though the leaders come from different political backgrounds, they all stand "united in national purpose".

Addressing the Panama assembly President Dana Castaneda and some select parliamentarians, Shashi Tharoor asserted that India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 only after it waited to see whether the Pakistani government would take any action against the perpetrators of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.

"When nothing was clearly being done, two weeks later, on the 7th of May, we attacked the known headquarters of terrorist bases inside Pakistan. We had no interest i...