{"id":25635,"date":"2025-12-01T08:30:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T08:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/01\/was-on-a-plane-shashi-tharoor-misses-2-congress-meetings-sparks-exit-buzz-ahead-of-kerala-polls-politics-news\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T08:30:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T08:30:37","slug":"was-on-a-plane-shashi-tharoor-misses-2-congress-meetings-sparks-exit-buzz-ahead-of-kerala-polls-politics-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/01\/was-on-a-plane-shashi-tharoor-misses-2-congress-meetings-sparks-exit-buzz-ahead-of-kerala-polls-politics-news\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Was On A Plane\u2019: Shashi Tharoor Misses 2 Congress Meetings, Sparks Exit Buzz Ahead Of Kerala Polls | Politics News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9742035\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">December 01, 2025, 14:00 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9742035\" class=\"jsx-77153e997a009dd0 jsx-2325573790 asubttl-schema\">Shashi Tharoor&#8217;s continued absence from major Congress meetings has become a topic of discussion amid the buzz over his repeated praise of PM Modi<\/h2>\n<div class=\"jsx-77153e997a009dd0 jsx-2325573790\">\n<figure class=\"jsx-77153e997a009dd0 jsx-2325573790 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Shashi Tharoor's office stated that he was in Kerala. (PTI File)\" title=\"Shashi Tharoor's office stated that he was in Kerala. (PTI File)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=400&amp;height=225\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-77153e997a009dd0 jsx-2325573790\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Shashi Tharoor&#8217;s office stated that he was in Kerala. (PTI File)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\">Adding to the speculation over his ties with the Congress, party MP and Congress Working Committee Member <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/india\/love-to-see-this-in-india-shashi-tharoor-lavishes-praise-on-cordial-trump-mamdani-meeting-ws-l-9724431.html\" target=\"_blank\">Shashi Tharoor<\/a> on Sunday missed the meeting of the strategic group led by Sonia Gandhi on the winter session of Parliament.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\">The meeting at the residence of Sonia Gandhi, the party\u2019s parliamentary chair, was to discuss the party\u2019s strategy and was attended by party chief Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leader Rahul Gandhi.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\">When asked about it, Tharoor said, \u201cI did not skip it, I was on a plane, coming from Kerala\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\">He also skipped the all-party meeting. Tharoor\u2019s office stated that he was in Kerala and was travelling back with his 90-year-old mother on a later flight. Due to campaigning for the local body elections, the General Secretary of the Congress, KC Venugopal, was also unable to reach Delhi for Sunday\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\">Tharoor\u2019s continued absence from major Congress meetings has become a topic of discussion amid the buzz over his repeated praise of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and PM Narendra Modi ahead of Kerala assembly elections next year.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><iframe title=\"Congress Jealous With Shashi Tharoor? As He Praises PM Modi\u2019s Speech on Economic Resilience | News18\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EdtFh9E0OYg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"6\" class=\"story_para_6\">Tharoor had on November 18 too missed a Congress meeting called on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) issue, citing ill health. However, questions arose when he attended PM Modi\u2019s event a day earlier and even praised him.<\/p>\n<p id=\"7\" class=\"story_para_7\">Following his comments on PM Modi, Congress leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/india\/supriya-shrinate-slams-shashi-tharoor-praise-of-pm-modi-ramnath-goenka-address-9717227.html\" target=\"_blank\">Supriya Srinate<\/a> had said, \u201cI didn\u2019t find anything in the speech (of PM Modi) worth appreciating. I think PM must answer a lot of things. He was at an event of a newspaper. He should tell us what his problem is with fair journalism. He should have told us why is he not happy with those who show and speak truth. So, I didn\u2019t see any reason to appreciate him. I don\u2019t know how he (Shashi Tharoor) found one. I found it to be a petty speech. He criticised Congress there too. PM thinks of Congress day and night. This is amazing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"8\" class=\"story_para_8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/india\/attacked-for-post-on-pm-modis-speech-congresss-tharoor-says-need-to-cooperate-to-build-nation-ws-l-9730892.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tharoor, at a recent event in Dubai<\/a>, had said that ideological purity won\u2019t build a nation and Centre-state cooperation, even if between different political parties, is necessary. \u201cWe need to be sometimes willing to cooperate across ideologies\u2026The problem is right now our politics seems to demand everybody has to be a purist ideologically that we will not see any merit on the other side or talk to anybody on the other side,&#8221; said Tharoor at an Amrita News event in Dubai, a clip of which was circulated on X.<\/p>\n<p id=\"9\" class=\"story_para_9\">\u201cEven a neutral post by me on a speech by the Prime Minister has been attacked as praising the Prime Minister\u2026I didn\u2019t say a single word of praise. I just described the speech. The point is that is the kind of atmosphere in our country right now,&#8221; said Tharoor.<\/p>\n<p id=\"10\" class=\"story_para_10\"><em>With ANI Inputs<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atawrap\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atadetailwrp\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd ataname\"><span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atthumb\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"News Desk\" title=\"News Desk\" src=\"data:image\/jpeg;base64,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\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd attitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/byline\/news-desk-17918.html\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atamail\">News Desk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The News Desk is a team of passionate editors and writers who break and analyse the most important events unfolding in India and abroad. 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