Pathan was part of the delegation led by JD(U) MP Sanjay Jha, which is scheduled to visit Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, and Singapore. The team will be briefed by the Foreign Secretary on May 20 and will depart on May 21.According to sources, the government chose Pathan after Lok Sabha MP Sudip Bandhyopadhyay opted out, citing health reasons.Reiterating the party’s support for the government in combating Pakistan-sponsored terrorism, Banerjee said that the Modi government must show good intent and consult other parties before deciding on the representatives.“The BJP government is at the helm of affairs. They can decide for their party, but not for Congress or AAP. Our party will decide who will go,” he said.Banerjee added that Trinamool is the only party that has not politicised the matter of national security, and his party is not boycotting the delegation.Earlier, the Congress had also launched a scathing attack on the government for rejecting the three leaders suggested by the party for the multi-party delegation.The government has named senior Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, Punjab MP Amar Singh, Salman Khurshid, Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari, and former Union Minister Anand Sharma as delegation members.The Congress stated that it had nominated four MPs—Anand Sharma, Gaurav Gogoi, Syed Naseer Hussain, and Amrinder Singh Raja Warring—as requested by the government. However, except for Anand Sharma, the others did not find a place in the government’s list.
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