‘Political desperation’: Union Minister Rijiju backs Tharoor amid Cong’s ‘super spokesperson’ jibe

“What does the Congress party want & How much they really care for the country? Should the Indian MPs go to foreign nation and speak against India and its Prime Minister? There’s limit to political desperation,” he wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

What does the Congress party want & How much they really care for the country? Should the Indian MPs go to foreign nation and speak against India and its Prime Minister?
There’s limit to political desperation! https://t.co/JiuYqpW2tN

— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) May 28, 2025

Rijiju’s X post contained a video where Shashi Tharoor, during his visit to Panama as part of the Op Sindoor outreach, spoke about how Prime Minister Narendra Modi made it clear that the military operation against terror camps was necessary.

In the clip shared by Rijiju, Tharoor can be heard saying, “Our Prime Minister made it clear, Operation Sindoor was necessary because terrorists came and wiped the ‘sindoor’ off the foreheads of 26 women…but India decided that the vermillion colour of the ‘sindoor’ will also match the colour of the blood of the killers, the perpetrators of the attack.”

The Congress MP also said on Wednesday that the first time India breached the Line of Control to attack a terror base in Pakistan was during the Uri surgical strikes. The Indian Army went one step beyond the LoC during Operation Sindoor, hitting terror bases, training centres, terror headquarters in nine locations.

However, Congress leader Udit Raj attacked Shashi Tharoor over many of his remarks, dubbing him the “super spokesperson of BJP” and accusing him of being dishonest towards his party.

Raj posted on X on Wednesday, “I could prevail upon PM Modi to declare you as super spokesperson of BJP, even declaring as foreign minister before landing in India. How could you denigrate the golden history of Congress by saying that before PM Modi, India never crossed LOC and International border.”