New Delhi, May 18 -- The Union government on Saturday announced the names of seven lawmakers who will lead the all party delegations to various countries to brief their leaders about operation Sindoor, India's military action against parabasis in Pakistan. According to a communication issued by the parliamentary affairs ministry, delegations will be led by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor; Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Ravi Shankar Prasad; Sanjay Kumar Jha of the Janata Dal United (JDU); Baijayant Panda of the BJP; DMK's Kanimozhi Karunanidhi; Supriya Sule of the NCP and Shrikant Shinde of the Shiv Sena. In the context of Operation Sindoor, the seven all-party delegations are set to visit key partner countries, including members of the UN Security Council later this month, the ministry said. "The delegations will project India's national consensus and resolute approach to combating terrorism in all forms and manifestations. They would carry forth to the world the country's strong message of zero-tolerance against terrorism," the ministry said in the official statement. Lawmakers from different parties, prominent political personalities, and distinguished diplomats will be part of each delegation. Earlier on Thursday, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government had made special requests to party chiefs to nominate specific leaders to ensure that a strong message against Pakistan-sponsored terrorism can be delivered to important countries. According to two functionaries, parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju had called a few political leaders on Thursday evening including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge. According to two functionaries, parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju had called a few political leaders on Thursday evening including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi. The Congress party was asked to submit names of four MPs for the delegations to be sent abroad to explain India's stance on terrorism from Pakistan. By Friday noon, Gandhi wrote to the minister of parliamentary affairs giving the names of Anand Sharma, Gaurav Gogoi, Dr Syed Naseer Hussain and Raja Brar, MP, LS A Lok Sabha official aware of the developments said that the decision to send multi-party delegations across the world has been taken "at the highest level of the government". The Congress, meanwhile, accused the government of "playing games" with a "mischievous mindset" by announcing names of heads other than the four given by the party. The opposition party's attack came after Shashi Tharoor, not part of the four leaders nominated by the Congress, was named as the head of a delegation to key partner countries to convey India's message of zero tolerance against terrorism following Operation Sindoor. In an apparent swipe at Tharoor, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said, "Congress mein hona aur Congress ka hona mein zameen-aasmaan ka antar hai (There is a difference between being in the Congress and of the Congress)." Ramesh said senior party leader Salman Khurshid was also approached by the government and he told them that the party has to decide. The Congress said it was asked by the government to submit names of four MPs for the all-party delegations to be sent abroad to explain India's stance on terrorism from Pakistan and it nominated Anand Sharma, Gaurav Gogoi, Syed Naseer Hussain and Amrinder Singh Raja Warring. Meanwhile, Tharoor stated that he will diligently fulfill his assigned responsibilities, emphasizing that while the party leadership is entitled to its opinions, his commitment remains steadfast. "My party leadership is entitled to its opinion of my abilities or lack thereof, and I think that is really for them to explain. I have absolutely no comment to make on that. I am honoured to have been entrusted with the responsibility, and I will fulfil that responsibility just as I have fulfilled every responsibility entrusted to me in my rather long working life, whether at the United Nations or in the Congress Party...We have a Parliamentary Standing Committee meeting on Monday and Tuesday on various issues, including this particular issue. Certainly, I informed them (the party) of the first call I got, which was two days ago. I also mentioned to the parliamentary affairs minister that I assumed that he would be talking to the party leaderships of opposition parties, and he assured me that he would be. I found it entirely appropriate, as I said, that the country should rally together on this particularly important issue...," he said....