Shashi Tharoor Statements

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Indian politician, diplomat, author
“ Given the record of Pakistani behaviour, the onus is on them. They’re the ones who have to take the first steps to show some sincerity about dismantling terror infrastructure on their soil,

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India won’t take first step to normalise ties, onus on Pakistan:…
“ Democracy’s great virtue is the outlets it provides for public sentiment, frustration and grievances. Letting these be aired on a satirical site IS in the national interest,

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Shashi Tharoor on need of Cockroach Janta Party: ‘Like valves on a…
“ I’m sorry to be missing the swearing-in ceremony of my Congress colleague and new CM of Kerala VD Satheesan,

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Vijay skips Kerala CM swearing-in amid security, crowd management…
“ And the BJP won Bengal by a margin of 30 lakh votes. Now you tell me, is that entirely fair and democratic? This is the question that I ask. Honestly, I have no problem with deleting spurious,…

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‘SIR likely a reason for BJP’s West Bengal win, Congress’ Kerala…
“ Probably around the time of the 2034 election, you’ll have a new map of India, politically. Between roughly 2027 and 2034, you need to have a profound debate about the future shape of this country for…

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Increasing strength of Parliament to 850 a ‘joke’, says Tharoor
“ You won’t have a chance to speak, argue, debate anything. 850 is a joke,

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Increasing strength of Parliament to 850 a ‘joke’, says Tharoor
“ I know exactly what you're trying to get me to say. I'm not saying any of that,

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Will Shashi Tharoor be Kerala CM? Congress MP’s ‘clear answer’ ahead…
“ India should not go ballistic over something as trivial as Trump's social media post. It is unworthy of our style of diplomacy. If I were the government of India, I would just ignore it,

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Tharoor says he’d ignore Trump’s ‘hellhole’ post ‘if I were govt of…
“ The manner in which you are doing delimitation -- the way you did demonetisation without thinking. We don't want this political demonetisation. There should be a big debate; what should be the…

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‘Why such haste like demonetisation’: Tharoor says delimitation not…
“ They should do it now, we will support — no delimitation, just women's reservation bill,

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‘Why such haste like demonetisation’: Tharoor says delimitation not…
“ Whereas the first and second Lok Sabhas met for an average of 125 days a year, the 16th and 17th Lok Sabhas saw that figure plummet to just below 60 days,

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‘Why such haste like demonetisation’: Tharoor says delimitation not…
“ The bizarre thing about this so-called ‘business decision’ by The Washington Post is that @ishaantharoor’s column flourished on the Internet,

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'Bizarre thing...': Shashi Tharoor reacts to son Ishan being sacked by…