Shashi Tharoor PA: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor dissociated himself from alleged misconduct involving suspected gold smuggling. Delhi Customs detained individuals, including Shashi Tharoor s claimed personal assistant. Tharoor offered cooperation, emphasizing the law s course.
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has intensified his ongoing dispute with Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, urging him to put aside his pride and apologize to the public for the current flight crisis at Delhi airport. Referring to the Minister s tweet on social media platform X, Tharoor stated, "Instead of indulging in futile name-calling, it would be wise for the Honourable Minister to apologize to the people for the suffering and distress caused by his Government. Mantri-ji, drop your ego and seek forgiveness from the public!"
Shashi Tharoor countered BJP s claim that Congress is anti-Hindu by highlighting Sonia Gandhi s speech on Hindu liberal thoughts. Tharoor believes Swami Vivekananda s teachings are highly relevant today. Sonia Gandhi expressed concern over the distortion of Vivekananda s views by certain groups. Tharoor emphasized that Congress s association with Hindu liberalism is a longstanding conviction.
Tharoor shared images of satirical signboards, which have been circulating on WhatsApp, playfully renaming well-known Delhi landmarks to reflect the city s severe air pollution. In his post, Tharoor drew attention to the city s Air Quality Index (AQI), which had surged to 462, nearly 19 times the safe limit prescribed by the World Health Organization (WHO), set at 25.
Several leaders from the opposition parties, quite a few of them from the INDIA alliance, took to X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday, to post a screenshot of their iPhones with a lengthy email alert from Apple warning about a “state-sponsored attack”.