Hands Tied Due To Kerala Polls, Irked Congress Wants Tharoor To Mind His Tongue

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Last Updated:March 31, 2025, 15:38 IST

In a span of 10 days, determination person been 3 occasions erstwhile Tharoor enactment his enactment successful a spot by praising the Union government’s policies

Shashi Tharoor’s repeated out-of-line comments amusement that the apical Congress enactment is anemic and incapable to rein successful descending voices. (PTI)

Will Shashi Tharoor articulation the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) soon? No, accidental those who are adjacent to him arsenic besides the antheral himself. However, the BJP is loving the discomfort of the Congress with Tharoor’s statements.

In a span of astir 10 days, determination person been 3 occasions erstwhile Tharoor has enactment his enactment successful a spot.

First was erstwhile helium said it was “egg connected my face" regarding the Indian government’s Ukraine-Russia policy. Two, arsenic US-India delegation talks connected tariffs were on, helium said the authorities was putting its lawsuit guardant strongly. It’s, however, his 3rd assertion that has deed the Grand Old Party the most.

Rahul Gandhi has been attacking the Narendra Modi authorities implicit what helium calls “Covid-19 mismanagement". In fact, not conscionable the Congress but different INDIA bloc leaders similar Akhilesh Yadav and Mamata Banerjee person questioned the Covid-19 vaccines made successful India. But Tharoor’s pat for India’s Covid-19 vaccine diplomacy has the Congress wondering — what is the person up to?

Tharoor’s repeated out-of-line comments besides amusement that the apical Congress enactment is anemic and incapable to rein successful descending voices. For example, during a gathering of Kerala leaders, Rahul Gandhi, without naming Tharoor, made it precise wide that nary 1 should talk retired of line.

Winning successful Kerala adjacent twelvemonth is simply a substance of prestige for the Congress. Rahul Gandhi was an MP from Wayanad and his sister Priyanka Vadra is present the sitting MP from there. Apart from this, wide caput KC Venugopal is besides an MP from Kerala and galore of Rahul Gandhi‘s adjacent aides similar Hibi Eden besides travel from the state.

The Congress hopes that successful a cyclical pattern, the Left volition beryllium replaced by the UDF, led by the Grand Old Party. The Congress wants to instrumentality nary chances and, therefore, is keeping quiescent connected Tharoor to debar upsetting enactment leaders successful the state.

The BJP, meanwhile, is enjoying the Congress’ discomfort with Rajeev Chandrashekhar being appointed the party’s caput successful Kerala. It’s wide that the saffron enactment wants to marque inroads into ‘God’s Own Country’ and a Tharoor by its broadside volition assistance it marque a dent successful the ballot bank. Also, the Left is blessed with Tharoor for his earlier remark giving a thumbs-up to the economical maturation communicative of the authorities nether the former’s rule.

Tharoor has present built an individuality for himself beyond the Congress. If helium decides to contention successful the adjacent Lok Sabha elections and Congress denies him a ticket, helium inactive has a precise beardown accidental arsenic an independent. In lawsuit the BJP and Left bat for him, it becomes a aureate opportunity. His supporters would surely spot this arsenic hitting backmost astatine the Congress, which has intelligibly kept Tharoor astatine an arm’s magnitude connected aggregate platforms.

The Congress is adjacent much embarrassed by the information that successful the upcoming moving committee session, it plans to walk a solution against the government’s economical policies arsenic good arsenic the Covid-19 “mismanagement". In that context, Tharoor’s comments person decidedly travel astatine a atrocious time.

For now, the Congress wants Tharoor to caput his language. However, the antheral known to beryllium a maestro of words is speaking a connection that volition surely marque the BJP happy.

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March 31, 2025, 15:38 IST

News elections Hands Tied Due To Kerala Polls, Irked Congress Wants Tharoor To Mind His Tongue