Members pay tribute to victims of September 11 attacks
New York City [US], May 25 (ANI): Members of the all-party delegation led by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor paid their respects at the 9/11 memorial after their arrival in the US on Saturday (US local time). Congress MP Shashi Tharoor paid his respects at the memorial along with MP Ganti Harish Madhur, MP Shashank Mani Tripathi, MP Bhubaneswar Kalita, MP Milind Deora and former Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu. They were accompanied by India's Ambassador to the US, Vinay Mohan Kwatra. The members paid tributes by offering white roses at the Memorial and folding their hands in obeisance.
As per its official website, the 9/11 Memorial is a tribute of remembrance, honouring the 2,977 people killed in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center site, near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon, as well as the six people killed in the World Trade Center bombing on February 26, 1993. The Memorial is located on eight acres of the 16-acre World Trade Center complex, providing a place of remembrance and contemplation within the bustle of lower Manhattan.
The delegation, currently in the United States, will also visit Guyana, Panama, Brazil, and Colombia, led by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. The delegation aims to project India's national consensus and firm stance on combating terrorism in all its forms, carrying India's strong message of zero tolerance against terrorism to the global community during their outreach.
A total of 7 groups consisting of 8-9 members from various political parties have been selected by India to represent its stance of zero tolerance against terror and brief the representatives of other countries on Operation Sindoor. This operation was launched on May 7 as a decisive military response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed.
