Determined not to let infighting ruin the Congress’s Kerala prospects in the Assembly polls next year, party leader Rahul Gandhi put up a picture of party leaders in the southern state and said they “stand as one” and are “united by the light of purpose ahead”. Among the leaders in the picture is Thiruvananthapuram MP … Read more
New Delhi: Smarting from Lok Sabha, Delhi, Haryana and Maharashtra election defeats, the Congress in Kerala expressed confidence that it will defeat “oppressive and communal fronts” in the state. Among the notable attendees was Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor, whose recent statements sparked rumours of a rift between him and the senior rung of party leaders. … Read more
Senior Congress Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor is quite the darling of the middle classes. He is charming, well spoken, erudite, a skilled debator and has a felicity with the English language that he uses to great effect by throwing around lengthy, utterly unpronounceable words that no-one understands. Yet, despite his widely acknowledged talents, or … Read more
New Delhi: Signalling an end to the row over Thiruvanathapuram MP Shashi Tharoor’s ‘praise’ for the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front government in Kerala, the state Congress unit has dismissed reports of a rift and asserted that the party is united. The statement was made, with Mr Tharoor by her side, on Friday by Congress’ Kerala … Read more
New Delhi: The Congress in Kerala – back in the news again over its row with senior leader Shashi Tharoor – has started damage control measures, starting with a meeting. Senior leaders of the party are expected to meet on Friday. While the agenda is the state election, the row over Mr Tharoor and the importance … Read more
If the Congress does not want Shashi Tharoor’s services, he has other things to do – this is the message the diplomat-turned-MP has sent to the party high command amid an ongoing row over his praises for the rival Left government. He also flagged the absence of a Congress leader in Kerala on The Indian … Read more
New Delhi: “Go watch the match,” Congress MP Shashi Tharoor told reporters on Sunday, as he shrugged off questions on a possible rift between him and the party over his recent praise of the Left government in Kerala and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States. “It’s an important match today,” the MP … Read more
Amid the buzz of a rift between him and the Congress over his recent praise of certain policies of the Pinarayi Vijayan-led CPI(M) government in Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor has put up a cryptic post on X, stating, that being wise is sometimes a mistake. Sharing a quote from English poet Thomas Gray’s poem … Read more
Thiruvananthapuram: Amid ongoing controversy over his article praising the Left government in Kerala, Congress Working Committee (CWC) member and MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday withdrew a poster, reportedly from the KPCC, that he had shared on his Facebook page, which referred to the CPI(M) as “cannibals”. Hours after sharing the controversial poster commemorating Kripesh and … Read more
Thiruvananthapuram: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday defended his praise for Prime Minister Narendra Modi following his meeting with US President Donald Trump, stating that he spoke with India’s interests in mind and that “we cannot always speak only in terms of party interest.” Speaking to reporters, Tharoor said that Modi’s US visit had yielded … Read more