New Delhi: “All the pieces is ok.”
A smiling Shashi Tharoor emerged from a two-hour assembly with Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Opposition Chief Rahul Gandhi in Parliament Home on Thursday, with phrases that instructed long-standing fears between the 2 sides might have lastly been resolved.
“We now have had discussions with my two occasion leaders, the LoP and the Congress president. We had superb, constructive and constructive discussions. All the pieces is ok and we’re shifting collectively on the identical web page. What extra can I say?” Tharoor instructed reporters.
Mr Tharoor’s absence from a gathering with the Kerala management and the Congress excessive command final week had fueled fears inside the occasion that relations with the Thiruvananthapuram MP had been nearing a breaking level. He had revealed via folks near him that he felt disrespected when Rahul Gandhi didn’t acknowledge him on stage at a celebration occasion in Kochi on January 19.
An upset Tharoor selected to go to a literature pageant as an alternative of flying to Delhi to attend a gathering to evaluation preparations for the following meeting polls. He publicly insisted that he would elevate the problem on the acceptable discussion board of the occasion. That in the end led to Thursday’s assembly, Congress sources mentioned, who credited occasion basic secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal with organizing the assembly.
Due to you @INCIndia president @kage ji and LS LoP @RahulGandhi Right this moment, I want to have a heat and constructive dialogue on a variety of subjects. We’re all on the identical web page in shifting ahead in serving the folks of India. pic.twitter.com/T5l8jqkhUT
— Shachi Tharoor (@ShachiTharoor) January 29, 2026
Sources mentioned Kharge and Rahul assured Tharoor that they contemplate him an necessary voice within the occasion and worth his contributions over time. It was additionally discovered that Rahul had instructed Tharoor that his providers had been important as Kerala headed to polls and made it clear that his opinion could be taken under consideration in each decision-making.
“Thanks @INCIndia President @kharge ji and LS LoP @RahulGandhi ji for a heat and constructive dialogue as we speak on a variety of subjects. We’re all on the identical web page in relation to shifting ahead within the service of the folks of India,” Tharoor posted on X after the assembly, responding to the heat proven by the occasion excessive command.
Requested if he would marketing campaign for the occasion, Tharoor mentioned, “I’ve at all times campaigned for the occasion, however the place have I not campaigned?” He additionally denied ideas he was eager to be the face of the occasion’s chief minister within the election.
“No, it was by no means a difficulty. I’ve no real interest in turning into a candidate for something. As of now, I’m already an MP and trusted by the voters of Thiruvananthapuram. I’ve to take care of their pursuits within the Meeting. That’s my job,” he mentioned.
Mr. Tharoor’s absence from final week’s assembly got here as a shock to many, as there have been indicators that his relationship with the Congress had turned a nook in December and January, after months of visibly widening rifts, together with his attendance at occasion occasions and conferences in Kerala.
He additionally adopted a conciliatory angle, insisting that he had by no means deviated from occasion coverage besides on the problem of Operation Sindur.
“I’ve by no means violated the Congress’s stand in Parliament at any stage. The one problem on which there’s principled public disagreement is on Operation Sindoor, on which I took a really robust stand, and I can’t be complacent about that,” the Congress chief mentioned in response to a query from the viewers on the Kerala Literature Competition in Calicut on January 24.
(Edited by Gitanjali Das)
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