Tharoor, Other Ministers Defend Manmohan Singh Post Congress Meet

Two days after a Congress meeting saw arguments and sharp criticism by younger leaders who appeared to blame the party's last government for its massive downfall, a section of the party rallied for former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Twitter.

Lawmakers Anand Sharma, Shashi Tharoor, Manish Tewari and former Mumbai Congress chief Milind Deora - all ministers in Dr Singh's cabinet at one point - defended the former Prime Minister, tagging criticism for him as "ill-informed" and part of a "motivated and malicious narrative".

Anand Sharma posted an 11-tweet thread listing the achievements of the 10-year Congress rule and how it had fallen "victim of a grand political conspiracy and malicious disinformation campaign of the BJP, political opponents and powerful vested interests".