'Invited only one or two days before': Tharoor skips another Cong meet, says he was in Dubai

NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who precocious missed a important enactment meeting, sparking speculation astir his aboriginal with the expansive aged party, missed different 1 connected Tuesday, but stated helium received the invitation lone a time oregon 2 earlier the meeting, by erstwhile helium had already booked tickets for a pre-planned sojourn to Dubai."As for not attending today's meeting, the invitation came lone yesterday oregon the time before, by which clip my question plans were already finalised. With Parliament successful session, I had booked my summons straight from Dubai to Delhi," helium told reporters.

With the Budget league of Parliament starting connected Wednesday, Congress legislative enactment (CPP) chairperson and erstwhile enactment main Sonia Gandhi convened a gathering of the Congress' parliamentary strategy radical astatine her residence to determine connected the issues to beryllium raised during the session.Sources confirmed that Tharoor, the four-time Thiruvananthapuram MP who has held the spot since 2009, could not be the gathering arsenic helium was returning from Dubai. They added that the erstwhile diplomat had informed the enactment successful beforehand astir his inability to beryllium present.Meanwhile, Tharoor said helium would convey his "issues" straight to the Congress apical leadership."Whatever issues I request to raise, I volition convey them straight to the enactment leadership.

There is nary uncertainty that I volition get that opportunity, particularly since everyone volition beryllium unneurotic during the Parliament session," helium added.In caller months, Tharoor's repeated praise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the authorities has reportedly irked the Congress, starring to him being "sidelined" from enactment affairs. He has been peculiarly vocal successful his enactment for the authorities connected Operation Sindoor, the five-day India-Pakistan struggle successful May 2025, portion the Congress has repeatedly sought to country the Centre implicit alleged losses of Indian combatant jets during the struggle and US President Donald Trump's claims of mediating the truce betwixt the 2 nuclear-armed rivals.