Shashi Tharoor a well known Politician from Congress Party recently appeared in Aap Ki Adalat by Rajat Sharma where he questioned Rahul Gandhi‘s speech on the foreign affairs of India at foreign soil.
Shashi Tharoor said, “He (Rahul) never said that. The allegation is incorrect. Rahul Gandhi Ji said, our democracy has so many challenges. At the same time, he also said, it is the responsibility of ours, not others, to solve them. You must understand that if India remains democratic, it will be beneficial for the whole world. But he never asked outsiders to come and help us.” The Congress MP said, it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who first mentioned India’s domestic issues on foreign shores. Tharoor said, “I have been saying for years, India’s foreign policy is not Congress’ or BJP’s foreign policy. Our foreign policy is based on India’s interests. In the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs, I said in this spirit. Look, we can have political differences, but they end on our country’s borders. Our differences must not reach outside. But it is also a fact that BJP and Modi Saheb broke this policy first. Modi Saheb had said in foreign lands that nothing has been working well in our country till now and those who governed our country badly for 60 years never created a sense of pride so that people could say that they are Indians. Modi Saheb started giving this type of speech in foreign lands. I was surprised. Never did our Prime Ministers speak about Indian politics in foreign land. Modi Ji started all this.”. Tharoor also said that no Indian politician should criticize our Prime Minister abroad. He said, “I want to tell this, I never levelled personal allegation against anybody, neither against Modi Saheb nor against anybody else. But in our democracy, we have to give respect to a position, because people have elected our Prime Minister. Till the time, that person occupies the position of Prime Minister, he must be given respect. We can be political adversaries here in India, but when we go abroad, he is our Prime Minister. I never criticize him abroad.”
Speaking on his political Career he said “I would take a retirement 2024 or after 5 or 6years. I am not the kind of politician who will stay in politics till the end…When you start feeling that you are not able to bring a big difference in people’s lives, then I would like to either watch cricket, read books or spend time with grandchildren. When that time comes, I will decide. Maybe in 2024 or five to six years later. I have already made up my mind.”
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