Rift In Congress Deepens? Shashi Tharoor Posts Cryptic Message After Kharge’s Jibe Over Modi Pr

Hours after Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge took a veiled but sharp dig at the party’s Shashi Tharoor over his praise for PM Modi, the latter put up a post on X which is being seen as a reply to the chief of the Grand Old Party. In a post on X with a bird’s photograph, Tharoor wrote, "Don't ask permission to fly. The wings are yours. And the sky belongs to no one”.

Kharge, amid chatter over Shashi Tharoor’s praise for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said that it's "country first for us, but for some people, it's Modi first". By far, this is seemingly one of the most direct comments on Tharoor from Congress’ top leadership. Earlier, several leaders of the Grand Old Party fired barbs at Tharoor over his remarks in the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack and Operation Sindoor.

The remarks by the Congress chief came amid the buzz over an article that Shashi Tharoor wrote about India’s outreach in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor. In an article in the newspaper The Hindu, Tharoor wrote that Prime Minister Modi's energy, dynamism and willingness to engage remained a "prime asset" for India on the global stage but deserved greater backing.