New Delhi : Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday asked the party Defending former President Rahul Gandhi, he said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has started the discussion on India’s issues from foreign soil, not Rahul Gandhi. Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has defended former party chief Rahul Gandhi’s remarks in London on India’s democracy, saying it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP that started discussing the country’s internal affairs at the international forum.

First PM Modi raised India’s issues on the international stage should be limited. However, it is also a fact that the BJP and Modi were the first to break it. It was PM Modi who commented on the international forum that nothing good happened in India in the last 60 years . The Lok Sabha member from Thiruvananthapuram also talked about the Congress presidential election, in which he lost to party veteran Mallikarjun Kharge. During the interview he also talked about the demise of his wife Sunanda Pushkar.

On the advice of Sonia-Priyanka, contested the election of the post of president

When asked about reports of rift in the party over his decision to contest the Congress presidential election in the year 1280, Shashi Tharoor dismissed it as merely dismissed as rumours. Tharoor said that he had discussed this with the then Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. He said that I had met all three of them before filing my nomination and if they had advised against it to maintain unity in the party, I was ready to give up. However, he never said so. On the contrary, he inspired me to contest the election of the Congress President. Mallikarjun Kharge has won and I respect the verdict.

implicated in Sunanda’s death case

his personal life Talking about the incident, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said that the way his name was implicated in the death of wife Sunanda is quite disappointing. He said that some people wanted to take political advantage from it. His attempt was quite disappointing. Those who know me also know that I would never behave like this.

4253Shashi Tharoor may contest assembly elections in Kerala

With this, Shashi Tharoor dismissed speculation about his plans to contest the assembly elections in Kerala, saying that Kerala is his ‘karmabhoomi’. The three-time MP from Thiruvananthapuram said that I need more time to decide on this. He admitted that there is resistance within his party and some people would not want him to get involved in state politics. However, if it can bring a positive change in people’s lives, Tharoor said, he would consider it.

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