As world leaders gather in Egypt today to finalise the framework for the US-brokered Gaza peace plan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will stay away. Instead, Minister of State Kirti Vardhan Singh will represent India at the high-level summit co-chaired by US and Egyptian Presidents Donald Trump and Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.

Despite a personal invitation from El-Sisi , PM Modi's decision to skip has set off speculation about why he's not attending the gathering in Sharm el-Sheikh where over 20 world leaders will meet to finalise the framework of a peace deal and discuss Gaza’s post-war reconstruction.

THE PAKISTAN FACTOR

The April 22 Pahalgam attack , carried out by Pakistan-backed terrorists and claiming the lives of 26 people, mostly tourists, along with India’s retaliatory Operation Sin

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