"I am still wiping the egg off my face because I was one person in the parliamentary debate who actually criticized the Indian position at the time back in February 2022," Tharoor said.
Congress Member of Parliament (MP) Shashi Tharoor on Monday expressed concern over the growing drug menace in Kerala, calling for a united effort to address the issue
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor welcomed the revival of Free Trade Agreement negotiations between India and the United Kingdom. The Thiruvananthapuram MP shared a selfie of him with Britain's Secretary of State, Jonathan Reynolds, and Union Commerce and Industry Minister, Piyush Goyal.
In his post, he shared a photograph of a newspaper report titled "Left, BJP and Cong share stage during Kerala investors' meet" and wrote, "Good to see this. Economic development should, as far as possible, be above the petty divisions of party politics."
Shashi Tharoor also said that he was elected as MP four times from Thiruvananthapuram and that if the Congress did not need his services, he had "other options" including speaking tours and books.
The Rouse Avenue court has taken cognisance of Defamation complaint filed against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. This complaint has been filed by BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
Stating that the HC found "no grounds to quash the proceedings at this stage," the bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta instructed the parties to appear before the trial court on September 10. In 2020, the Delhi High Court had stayed proceedings against Tharoor.
Congress' P Chidambaram took cognizance of the event and targeted the govt for taking so long to abolish the so-called tax. He said that the Congress had pleaded for the abolition of the angel tax and finally the Finance Minister announced it today. Ironically, it was Congress who had made changes in the Income Tax Act to introduce the Angel Tax.
"I think that's a good tradition of inviting the neighbouring countries. But this time there's one less. He has not invited Pakistan. So again, that also sends a signal..." Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said.