Congress rift deepens: K Muraleedharan criticises Shashi Tharoor’s stand on Centre; bars him from events in Thiruvananthapuram | India News

Senior Congress chief K Muraleedharan

NEW DELHI: Senior Congress chief K Muraleedharan on Sunday launched a scathing assault towards fellow celebration MP Shashi Tharoor, declaring that the Thiruvananthapuram parliamentarian won’t be invited to any Congress events in the state capital till he modifies his place on nationwide safety issues.Muraleedharan, a outstanding determine in the Kerala Congress unit, stated Tharoor was not seen as “one of us” and hinted at attainable disciplinary motion from the celebration’s nationwide management.“Till he (Tharoor) changes his stance, we will not invite him to any party programme held in Thiruvananthapuram. He is not with us, so there is no question of him boycotting an event,” Muraleedharan advised reporters, as quoted by PTI.His remarks got here a day after Tharoor, a Congress Working Committee (CWC) member, defended his stand on nationwide safety at an occasion in Kochi. Tharoor stated, “To my mind, the nation comes first. Parties are a means of making the nation better.” He acknowledged going through criticism from throughout the celebration for supporting the armed forces and the central authorities on current nationwide safety points.“But I will stand my ground because I believe this is the right thing for the country,” Tharoor stated, including that when leaders like him advocate cross-party cooperation in the curiosity of nationwide safety, their very own events typically view it as disloyalty, one thing he described as “a big problem.”Also Read: ‘Bridging the hole’: Shashi Tharoor welcomes US’ transfer on TRF; slams Pakistan’s protected haven coverageThis will not be the primary time Muraleedharan has publicly criticised Tharoor. Earlier, he took a dig on the MP over the sharing of a survey that prompt Tharoor was the United Democratic Front’s most most well-liked candidate for chief minister. “He should first decide which party he belongs to,” Muraleedharan had stated, in response to PTI.Tensions have been rising between Tharoor and the Congress, notably after his feedback following the Pahalgam terror assault, which some celebration leaders imagine weakened the Congress’s place. Muraleedharan additionally criticised Tharoor over a newspaper article in which the MP questioned former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s dealing with of the Emergency. Muraleedharan stated that if Tharoor feels constrained throughout the Congress, he ought to select a “clear political path.”