Shashi Tharoor

‘Rename Rajasthan as Kartavyasthan’: Shashi Tharoor takes jibe at PM Narendra Modi over Rajpath name change

‘Rename Rajasthan as Kartavyasthan’: Shashi Tharoor takes jibe at PM Narendra Modi over Rajpath name change

Congress chief Shashi Tharoor, on Saturday, September 11, lashed out at the government over renaming Rajpath as Kartavya Path, asking whether or not other Raj Bhavans must also be renamed Kartavya Bhavans as well. He went on to advise that Rajasthan be renamed Kartavyasthan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Kartavya Path on September 8, adding, "The cross symbolizes a shift from the earlier highway as an icon of strength to the Kartavya Path as an example of people's ownership and empowerment." PM said, `Kartavya Path` symbolises a shift from erstwhile Rajpath being an icon of power, to Kartavya Path…
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Scindia objects to Tharoors remarks over replies in Hindi in Lok Sabha

Scindia objects to Tharoors remarks over replies in Hindi in Lok Sabha

Former party colleagues Jyotiraditya Scindia and Shashi Tharoor found themselves on either side of the 'Hindi fence' on Thursday i.e, on 3rd February, with the Union Minister responding to an English question in Hindi and the Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram terming it as an insult. While responding to supplementary questions asked by members from Tamil Nadu in English, the civil aviation minister replied in Hindi. As soon as, Tharoor commented it as an "apmaan" that the minister was responding in Hindi. Tharoor said , when the Minister speaks English and He must reply in English. "Zara jawab Hindi mein mat…
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