‘Service to mother’ or resentment against the party? Shashi Tharoor remained missing from Congress’s strategic meeting for the second time
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor is continuously staying away from important strategy meetings of the party. He was absent from the Congress meeting chaired by Sonia Gandhi on November 30 before the winter session of Parliament. Earlier, he had also stayed away from the meeting held on the issue of SIR citing health reasons. He had attended PM Modi’s program a day earlier.
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Lok Sabha MP from Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor remained absent from the last two important meetings of the Congress party. (Photo: PTI)
Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor was once again absent from the meeting of the High-Power Strategy Group chaired by Sonia Gandhi at the residence of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on November 30, a day before the winter session of Parliament. This was the second consecutive big meeting of Congress in the last few days, in which Shashi Tharoor was absent. Due to this, questions are being raised in the inner corridors of the party whether this is just a coincidence or something else.
Last week itself, Shashi Tharoor had distanced himself from the Congress high command meeting called on the issue of ‘Sam Pitroda controversy’ and SIR (Special Intensive Revision of Voter List) citing health reasons. The surprising thing was that just a day before, he was present at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s program and had openly praised him on the social media platform X. This post of Tharoor had created a lot of resentment in the Congress camp.
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However, on Shashi Tharoor’s absence from the November 30 meeting, his office said the Lok Sabha MP was busy taking care of his 90-year-old mother at his ancestral home in Thiruvananthapuram and campaigning for the local body elections. It is noteworthy that Congress National Organization General Secretary KC Venugopal also could not reach Delhi to attend the meeting on November 30 citing preparations and publicity for local body elections. Let us tell you that local body elections in Kerala are to be held on 9 and 11 December.
Shashi Tharoor’s repeated soft stance towards the Modi government and statements different from the party line have already become a cause of discomfort for the Congress. In recent months, he has on several occasions praised the Modi government’s foreign policy, economy and some bills, which the Congress party has been calling ‘his personal opinion’. Sources associated with the Congress party say in this matter, ‘Everyone has to fulfill personal and regional responsibilities, but when you are continuously absent from the most important strategy meetings before the Parliament session, then the wrong message is sent. Party workers and other MPs are noticing this.
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