Tharoor Is A Congress Asset

The continuous attacks by Congress functionaries on Kerala MP and senior leader, Shashi Tharoor, who is leading a diplomatic delegation to multiple countries, are uncalled for and are undermining the position of the grand old party.

- PANKAJ VOHRA

Tharoor, a three-time Lok Sabha member from Thiruvananthapuram, is an asset and should be duly accorded recognition by his party for his intellectual ability and brilliance. Yes, it is true that his actions appear to be at variance with those of Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition, but this is so because he has been constantly ignored by the high command.

Rahul Gandhi has asked certain uncomfortable questions from the government, and he is within his right to pose these queries, which many others in the country are also seeking answers for. The government must address them instead of labelling him anti-national, which seems to be an easy way out to divert attention from important issues.

Shashi Tharoor is leading an MPs panel to foreign countries including America, to spell out India's position regarding its strikes on terrorist hubs in Pakistan, and is presenting the official position to counter claims made by the enemy country. Obviously, he cannot be asking the same questions as Rahul Gandhi while he is abroad leading a delegation.