The Bharatiya Janata Party got a chance to taunt the Congress after its MP Shashi Tharoor said he was left with an "egg on his face" for opposing India's neutral stance towards the Ukraine-Russia war.
The BJP is asserting that Tharoor's remark would leave Rahul Gandhi "red-faced".
BJP leaders are of the view that it is promising that notable Congress leaders are acknowledging PM Modi's global status. They even hoped that the party would not "act against" Tharoor for praising Centre's foreign policy.
BJP leader and former Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said, "Congress men, including Rahul (Gandhi), Chidambaram, Raghuram Rajan are all having to eat their words (or egg on face) on economy, UPI, manufacturing and so much more," Chandrasekhar took to X without elaborating on his charge.
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BJP IT Cell chief Amit Malviya is expecting that the knives would be out in the Congress after Tharoor's remarks, which would likely leave Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi "red-faced".
"This will likely leave Rahul Gandhi red-faced, with the Congress media department scrambling to clarify that Shashi Tharoor's remarks reflect his personal views — not the party's official stance — despite Tharoor having led the party's charge on the issue in Parliament," Malviya tweeted.
All this began after Tharoor has admitted that he was left with “an egg on his face” for opposing India’s neutral stance on the Russia-Ukraine war when it began in 2022.
Speaking at the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi on Tuesday during a session titled ‘Waging Peace: Looking Back to Look Ahead,’ the Thiruvananthapuram MP acknowledged that India’s approach has positioned it uniquely to play a role in fostering lasting peace.
Prior to this, he had earlier condemned Russia’s actions, arguing that India should have denounced the aggression due to violations of the UN Charter, the inviolability of borders and the sovereignty of Ukraine.
Now, three years later, Tharoor conceded that India’s balanced diplomacy has placed Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a position where he can engage with both Ukraine and Russia without hostility.
“Clearly, the policy has meant that India has a prime minister who can hug both the president of Ukraine and the president in Moscow two weeks apart and be accepted in both places,” Tharoor remarked.
Tharoor, a former Minister of State for External Affairs, also raised the possibility of India contributing peacekeepers if a negotiated peace is achieved between Russia and Ukraine.
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