Parliament is set to debate Operation Sindoor on Monday. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will lead the discussion in Lok Sabha. Home Minister Amit Shah and Foreign Minister S Jaishankar will participate. BJP MPs Anurag Thakur and Nishikant Dubey are also expected to join the debate. Prime Minister Narendra Modi may intervene in the discussion. The operation avenged the Pahalgam massacre.
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