Reports suggest that there is an ongoing rift within Congress party and its leader Shashi Tharoor.
The latter has put out a cryptic post recently. On Saturday, he shared a quote from English poet Thomas Gray's poem 'Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College' on X, formerly Twitter, which read “Where ignorance is bliss, ‘tis folly to be wise.”
“Thought of the day,” Tharoor captioned the post.
Tharoor’s post comes amid a controversy over an article in which Tharoor praised the Kerala government’s policies.
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He had also, reportedly, praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US.
Clarifying his statements, Tharoor told news the media, “I have been in politics for 16 years. Whether it's our government or some other party's, if it does the right thing or does something well, one should acknowledge and praise it, and when they do something bad, one should criticise it.”
He also said that his article praised the entrepreneurial growth of Kerala under the current Left regime and not the government itself.
"Final request: read the article before you comment on a one-line summary! It doesn't mention party politics, but speaks of things Kerala needs to do to get out of the economic doldrums — changes I have been demanding in the state during all my 16 years in politics,” he added.
Reports also suggest that Tharoor is unhappy over non-clarity about his role in the Congress party and being sidelined.
Tharoor had met Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday after the former faced flak from the party’s Kerala unit over his article. However, in contrast to the speculations, Tharoor said that he had a “very good” conversation with Rahul Gandhi without giving further details about what they discussed.
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