UK Conservative Party MP Priti Patel extended support to India, saying that it has the right to take reasonable and proportionate steps to defend itself, and to dismantle the vile terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan. The remarks came after the Indian armed forces launched Operation Sindoor, targeting nine high-value terror locations in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in response to the Pahalgam terror attack, which killed 26 innocent civilians.
Speaking at the House of Commons yesterday, the UK’s Shadow Foreign Secretary Patel extended her condolences to the victims of murderous, violent terrorism in Pahalgam. She further urged the government to cooperate with the allies of the UK in tackling global threats of terrorism. The MP asked the UK government whether it had assisted India after the brutal Pahalgam terror attack. Patel also demanded the government’s assessment of the terror attack and the perpetrators behind it.