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Shashi Tharoor is reportedly in Dubai currently to attend a literature festival and is expected to return later in the night.
Tharoor recently sparked speculation after skipping a strategy meeting convened by the AICC for select senior Kerala leaders to discuss preparations for the upcoming Assembly polls
The controversy was triggered after Shakeel Ahmad, who recently parted ways with the Congress, launched a sharp attack on Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of sidelining senior leaders and undermining internal democracy within the party.
Answering questions during a session at the Kerala Literature Festival here, Tharoor said he had taken a strong stand on that issue and remained "unapologetic".
Despite being a member of the Congress Working Committee, Tharoor was reportedly placed at the extreme end of the stage.
"If we become a country that isolates all of our neighbours, and say nobody is playing with any of them, how does it do any good?" Tharoor had said earlier
Tharoor underlined that discrimination against people from the Northeast strikes at the idea of India itsel
Tharoor concurred with Singh’s remarks on strengthening party structures, arguing that introspection was necessary for an organisation with a long legacy.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor condemned attacks on Christians ahead of Christmas, highlighting incidents in Kerala, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh, and called for national solidarity to protect freedom of worship.
Tharoor's statement comes against the backdrop of brutal lynching of Dipu Chandra Das, a Hindu youth who worked as a garment factory worker, by a mob over alleged blasphemy in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh.
The report was tabled in Parliament by the Shashi Tharoor-chaired committee and draws on inputs from government officials and non-governmental experts.
Veteran Congress leader and ardent cricket fan Shashi Tharoor took to social media to vent his annoyance with the protracted fog delay in Lucknow.
Tharoor suggested the game should have been scheduled in Thiruvananthapuram, sighting significantly better air quality conditions there.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has strongly criticised the Centre’s delay in granting censor exemptions for films at the International Film Festival of Kerala, calling it unfortunate and indicative of a narrow bureaucratic mindset harming India’s global cultural image.
Reacting to the development, Congress general secretary in-charge organisation K C Venugopal said the renaming was aimed at claiming credit for a programme that was conceived and implemented by the previous Congress-led UPA government. He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier described MGNREGA as a “monument of failure”.
Tharoor's repeated absence from key party deliberations has become a point of discussion within the Congress.
Observing that there is an implicit assumption that "marital rape" can be allowed within a conjugal marriage, he reiterated, "It is not part of conjugal love — it is violence."
Tharoor, the MP from Thiruvananthapuram, also said that “it was irresponsible on the part of the organisers to announce my name without my having agreed to receive it”.
The invite comes a day after Rahul Gandhi alleged that the Centre suggested Russian President Vladimir Putin to not meet the leaders of other parties during his India visit.
The ninth edition of the Kerala Literature Festival will have delegations from 17 countries. At the Delhi curtain raiser, Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor spoke about the power of translations and what to expect at Kozhikode Beach from January 22-26.
Tharoor slammed frequent disruptions in Parliament by Opposition benches and said he had not been elected by the people to only shout and create a ruckus.
Previously, the Monsoon Session of Parliament this year had been reduced to a near-total washout, with the Opposition mounting relentless protests inside and outside the House over the issue of SIR.
Ties between India and Turkey have remained tense for some time. The strain deepened after Ankara repeatedly criticised India’s policy on Kashmir and aligned itself with Pakistan at global forums.
The comments were triggered by Tharoor’s remarks on a speech delivered by the Prime Minister Modi.
The verdict comes ahead of elections in February and Hasina's son warned on Sunday there could be violence if a ban on her Awami League party standing was not lifted.
