Thiruvananthapuram | The Congress in Kerala has sought an explanation from its MP Shashi Tharoor for his recent remarks praising Prime Minister Modi.
The party’s chief in Kerala, Mullapally Ramachandran, said the Congress will not “accept” Mr Tharoor’s remarks.
“We have decided to seek explanation from Shashi Tharoor and the course of action will be taken based on his explanation. No one should be praising Modi at the expense of the Congress; the party will not accept that,” said Mr Ramachandran.
Another Congress MP from Kerala, K Muraleedharan, expressed his disapproval against Tharoor. “The party is really upset with him in Kerala. The BJP is anti-minority. Tharoor has won the elections repeatedly only because of support of people from all sections,” Mr Muraleedharan said.
Tharoor, this evening had taken to Twitter to clarify his comments and asked his fellow party memebrs to “respect his approach”.
“I’ve been a strong critic of the Modi government, and I hope a constructive one. My staunch defence of inclusive values and constitutional principles has won me three elections. I urge my fellow Congressmen to respect my approach even when they don’t agree with it,” he tweeted.
Shashi Tharoor’s comments had come in the wake of fellow leader Jairam Ramesh who had said that “demonising PM Modi is wrong” and that he should be given credit for things that he has done, which have never been done before.
Tharoor had supported his remark.
“As you know, I have argued for six years now that Narendra Modi should be praised whenever he says or does the right thing, which would add credibility to our criticisms whenever he errs. I welcome others in opposition coming around to a view for which I was excoriated at the time,” Mr Tharoor had said.
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