For some people, Modi is first: Kharge

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge hit out at party MP Shashi Tharoor for his recent remarks praising PM Narendra Modi, saying that 'for some people, Modi comes first'

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

In a jibe at Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, party chief Mallikarjun Kharge Wednesday said his party believes in “country first” mantra but for some it is “Modi first and country later”.

Soon after Kharge's remarks at a press conference here, Tharoor put out a cryptic post on X in which there was an image of a bird with the caption “Don't ask permission to fly. The wings are yours. And the sky belongs to no one.”

Asked about Tharoor's article on Operation Sindoor outreach in which he praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kharge said, “I can't read English well. His (Tharoor's) (English) language is very good, that's why we have made him a Congress Working Committee member.”