'Wiping egg off': Shashi Tharoor on opposing India's stance on Russia-Ukraine war; BJP reacts
PTC News Desk: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said that he was left wiping egg off his face over India's stance on Russia Ukraine war and conceded that due to India's foreign police, the country is now in a position that can make a difference in lasting peace.
Earlier Tharoor had criticised India's position when the Russia and Ukraine war broke out and called for condemnation of Russia's invasion. However three years later, in a turn of events Congress MP has lauded Prime Minister Modi for maintaining a certain position where Indian PM is welcomed in both Russia and Ukraine merely two weeks apart.
During an interactive session at the Raisina Dialogue here, the former minister of state for external affairs said, "I am still wiping the egg of my face because I am one person in the parliamentary debate who actually criticised the Indian position at the time back in February 2022."
"Well, 3 years later, it does look like I am the one with egg on my face because clearly the policy has meant that India has actually a Prime Minister who can hug both the president of Ukraine and the president of Moscow two weeks apart and be accepted in both places and therefore India is in a position where it can make a difference to a lasting peace if it was so required in ways that very few countries would be able to," Tharoor added.
Shashi Tharoor's remarks quickly gain BJP's response as Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said that he hopes Rahul Gandhi would not "act against" Tharoor for being candid over India's foreign policy.
"Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has agreed that Congress's own stance on Russia-Ukraine was wrong and the things (PM) Modi and Indian government has done was completely right. Today we are in a position that we can hug Putin (Russian President) and Zelenskyy (Ukraine President) and even US," Poonawalla said in a self-made video.
- With inputs from agencies
