Union minister Meenakshi Lekhi refuses to respond to a Parliamentary question about Hamas

Meenakshi Lekhi refuted having signed any paperwork pertaining to Hamas’ designation as a terrorist organisation in India.Meenakshi Lekhi, the union minister of state for external affairs, refuted on Friday that she had ever signed a document authorising the Palestinian outfit Hamas to be designated as a terrorist organisation in India. Following the sharing of a document on social media by journalists and users of the Lok Sabha website regarding an answer to a Parliament question, Lekhi responded.

the Union government has any proposal to declare Hamas as a terrorist organisation in India and whether Israel has raised any such demand before New Delhi. The document is available on the website of the Lok Sabha and foreign ministry.