New Delhi, May 17 -- Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who is set to lead one of the seven all-party delegations of MPs tasked with briefing key foreign partners on the recent India-Pakistan conflict, said he was ready to serve the country and underscored the need for a united national front.

His remarks gained attention as the Congress did not include him in its list of nominees for the government's delegations under Operation Sindoor.

The grand old party instead named four MPs-Gaurav Gogoi, Anand Sharma, Syed Naseer Hussain, and Amrinder Singh Raja Warring.

Dismissing the controversy surrounding his omission from the Congress's list, Tharoor said the issue was unrelated to internal politics and pointed to the larger objective of nation...