Jaishankar also reportedly told the attendees that Pakistan has been "used" by the US since 1981 and that there is nothing new in such mediation efforts.
The protest was held near the Makar Dwar, where leaders gathered with banners reading “Empty Cylinders, Empty Promises” and raised slogans against the government.
During the all-party meeting, the Communist Party of India (CPI) MP P Sandosh Kumar raised several urgent political, economic and democratic concerns.
The CPI's Rajya Sabha leader, P Sandosh Kumar, who attended the meeting, raised several important issues before the senior ministers representing the Union government and the floor leaders of various political parties.
According to sources, discussions during the meeting were held on the agenda of the Parliament session apart from the strategy for both Houses.
Talking to reporters after an all-party meeting, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said that the Pahalgam attack was carried out to “vitiate the atmosphere when economy was on upswing and tourism was booming.
Demanding an all-party meeting by the Centre over the Pahalgam terror attack, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said that India should give a befitting reply to the terrorist incident in Pahalgam.
An all-party meeting was held in Parliament on the issue of Justice Yashwant Varma of the Delhi High Court under the chairmanship of Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar.
The poll panel stated that all 788 District Election Officers (DEOs) and 36 Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) across the 28 states and eight Union Territories (UTs) have been instructed to conduct these meetings.
The Congress on Monday posed questions to the BJP-led government at the Centre over the long-awaited Census, demanding that the ruling dispensation call an all-party meeting to clarify the issues related to it.
