Shashi Tharoor

Sachin Pilot and Shashi Tharoor were included in the Congress Working Committee after Mallikarjun Kharge reconstituted the Congress' top decision-making body. Party leader Kharge, senior leader Sonia Gandhi, Dr. Manmohan Singh, AK Antony, Digvijay Singh, Ambika Soni, and Rahul Gandhi are also listed as members of the CWC.
 

A private bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha by MP Hibi Eden in March demanding the relocation of Kerala's capital from Thiruvananthapuram to Kochi. As a result, the union government requested the Kerala chief secretary's opinion on the matter. 

Case against Asianet News reporter: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor slammed the Kerala government on Tuesday (June 13) for the action taken against reporter Akhila Nandakumar. He said that the LDF government should stop such harassment of journalists.

Shashi Tharoor's stand is in line with the Congress view that the government should not give permission to screen the controversial movie as it is aimed at creating "communal divisions in society through false claims". 

The Prime Minister was received by Governor Arif Mohammad Khan, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Mayor Arya Rajendran and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor.
 

CM Ashok Gehlot, Bhupesh Baghel, Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, Mohd. Azharuddin, Imran Pratapgarhi and Kanhaiya Kumar have also been included in the list of star campaigners.

Tharoor said that although the Christian minority is being pacified on the one hand, their level of violence is rising on the other. 

Asianet News reached out to legal experts to understand the options before Rahul Gandhi following his disqualification from the Lok Sabha due to his conviction and sentencing by a court in Gujarat's Surat in a 2019 criminal defamation case

Data suggests that the four-time MP's Parliament attendance is at 52 per cent when compared to the national average of 79 per cent.

Opposition leaders have come out in support of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who was disqualified from the Lok Sabha a day after he was convicted by a Surat court in a 2019 criminal defamation case over his remark on the "Modi surname". 

Congress, and even local CPI-M leaders, said that the action against Rahul Gandhi showed that BJP had scant regard for democracy in the country.

Reacting to Gandhi's disqualification, the Congress said it will fight the battle both "legally and politically"

Swara Bhasker-Fahad Ahmad's wedding reception in Delhi: After their January court wedding, the couple threw a big wedding celebration in Delhi, which was attended by both Bollywood celebrities and politicians.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor argued that there had been significant material changes in the country since 2019, citing the example of Bihar, where the BJP's former ally, the JD(U), has joined forces with the Opposition.

Tharoor said that he was "stepping back a little bit" from the demand of CWC polls, asserting that he was doing so not because he was withdrawing his words but because he had made his point and it was now for those who won the presidential polls and are in-charge of the party's fortunes to decide on it in consultation with the majority of the delegates.