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THAROOR-CONG RIFT WIDENS FURTHER
First India Jaipur
|May 19, 2025
The chasm between senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor and the party high command, particularly Rahul Gandhi, appears now to be beyond repair.
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What had simmered for years in the form of ideological differences, a distinct personal style, and Tharoor’s reluctance to toe the line uncritically, has now reached its culmination. The Government of India’s appointment of Tharoor as the head of a global outreach panel — ignoring four names proposed by the Congress — has driven the final wedge.
The seven MPs chosen for the task will carry anti-terror message to the world.
This story is from the May 19, 2025 edition of First India Jaipur.
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