Operation Sindoor outreach: Congress leader accuses BJP of resorting to ‘cheap political tricks'
Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee Vice-president Kolanukonda Shivaji on Sunday accused the NDA government at the Centre of resorting to 'cheap political games' in the selection of MPs for international delegations formed to explain India's position on Operation Sindoor.
At a press conference, Mr. Shivaji pointed out that while party leader Rahul Gandhi had sent four names, Anand Sharma, Gaurav Gogoi, Nasir Hussain and Raja Brar, the government accepted the name of only Anand Sharma. A few other Congress leaders, including Shashi Tharoor, who were not on the party's official list.
Citing the case of the United Front government in 1996 when Jyoti Basu declined the Prime Minister's post after his party, under the leadership of Prakash Karat, did not allow him to accept the offer, Mr. Shivaji said the Centre selecting Mr. Tharoor, who had been maintaining a distance from the Congress lately, had 'mischievous' intention. He alleged that it was an attempt by the BJP to weaken the Congress.
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