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Meenakshi Lekhi is a Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture. (File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi today clarified that she has not signed any paper with a question on the declaration of Hamas as a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n

The response from the Union Minister comes after a purported picture of an ‘unstarred question’ of declaring Hamas as a terrorist organization is being circulated on social media along with a response from Ms Lekhi on the question.<\/p>\n

The Minister of External Affairs will clarify on Ms Lekhi’s tweet and said there seems to be a technical error. Meenakshi Lekhi is a Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture and an MP from the New Delhi constituency.<\/p>\n

“You have been misinformed. I have not signed any paper with this question and this answer,” Ms Lekhi posted on X, tagging External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and the Prime Minister’s Office.<\/p>\n

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You have been misinformed as I have not signed any paper with this question and this answer @DrSJaishankar<\/a>@PMOIndia<\/a>https:\/\/t.co\/4xUWjROeNH<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Meenakashi Lekhi (@M_Lekhi) December 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Meanwhile, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi responded to Ms Lekhi’s clarification and raised concerns over her response and said, “Meenakshi Lekhi ji is denying and disassociating a response attributed to her. She says she has no idea who drafted this as a response to a PQ since she didn’t sign it.”<\/p>\n

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In the tweet below,
– Meenakshi Lekhi ji is denying&disassociating to a response attributed to her
– says has no idea who drafted this as response to a PQ since she didn’t sign it
– is she then claiming it is a forged response, if yes this is a serious breach and violation of\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/4mNscaFhpA<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳 (@priyankac19) December 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Is she then claiming it is a forged response, if yes this is a serious breach and violation of the rules that prevail. Would be grateful for a clarification from her,” Ms Chaturvedi added.<\/p>\n

According to the purported PQ, the question was asked by Kumbakudi Sudhakaran, a Congress MP, seeking a response on whether the government of India has any proposal to declare Hamas a terrorist organisation and whether there was any demand raised by the government of Israel for the same.<\/p>\n

Israel’s Ambassador to India, Naor Gilon, has raised the issue of declaring Hamas a terrorist organization, requesting the Centre to do the same, but the government of India has not declared the Palestinian group a terror organization.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar have raised concerns over the deteriorating situation arising out of the Israel-Hamas conflict and have repeatedly called for “restraint and de-escalation”.<\/p>\n

“We remain concerned at the deteriorating security situation and have called for restraint, de-escalation and emphasised peaceful resolution of the conflict through dialogue and diplomacy,” S Jaishankar said in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha yesterday.<\/p>\n

“We welcome the humanitarian pauses and the release of hostages,” he added.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Modi met Israeli President Isaac Herzog on the sidelines of the COP28 summit in UAE earlier this month and emphasized a “two-state solution to the conflict”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n