Shashi Tharoor admits differences with party brass, but refuses to discuss them in public
Shashi Tharoor
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Congress MP
Shashi Tharoor
on Thursday publicly admitted for the first time that he has differences with some people in the present leadership of the party. However, he refused to give details, saying: "I would refrain from commenting on those since today is a polling day (Nilambur bypoll).
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The admission comes in the wake of Tharoor praising NDA govt on
Operation Sindoor
and his visits abroad as part of the all-party delegation sent by the govt to convey its policy of zero tolerance against terror, much to the discomfort of the Congress leadership.
"I do have differences with some of the leaders in Congress. I know that you all know about what I am talking about as some of the issues are in public domain. But I am not ready to discuss about this here.
I will speak about this at an appropriate forum with the party leadership," Tharoor told mediapersons.
Tharoor made it clear that he will not put the party in a difficult position by speaking more on the day of the vote and that his primary concern is the country's interest. He said he has been working with Congress for the last 16 years.
On staying away from the campaigning for the Nilambur bypoll in Kerala, Tharoor said he was not asked by the party leadership to be part of the campaign. "I was not invited. If I was invited, I would have certainly gone. But there was not even a missed call from any of the leaders to attend the campaign."
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