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The remark by the Congress leader, Salman Khurshid, that he was distressed by the fact that some people were calculating political allegiances at a time when he was abroad on a mission to spread India’s message against terrorism has, expectedly, set tongues wagging.

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The Congress's political adversaries, especially the Bharatiya Janata Party, would undoubtedly seek to project this as yet another instance of India’s Grand Old Party speaking in many tongues. In recent times, there has been much speculation about the ties between the Congress and another of its veterans, Shashi Tharoor. As the principal Opposition party, the Congress, quite rightly, had stood united with the Narendra Modi government during the military escalation between India and Pakistan. But it appears that the Congress's responses to some issues pertaining to Operation Sindoor have remained mired in confusion, with the positions of the party and its lieutenants se