"I've served the people of Thiruvananthapuram for 15 years. They know me and have seen my service. It's not as if I've got anything to be ashamed of in my track record. I've been consistently available and attended to all the major issues," Shashi Tharoor said.
Union Minister and BJP candidate from Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram for Lok Sabha elections, Rajeev Chandrasekhar took a dig at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Friday after he was named candidate from Kerala's Wayanad, a seat he won in 2019.
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor thanked the grand old party on Friday for the opportunity to 'defend his seat' after he was named candidate from Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram, a seat he has held for three terms.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded Union Minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar while CPM-led LDF has fielded CPI leader Pannyan Raveendran from the constituency, who had won it in 2005.
Soon after the BJP's announcement of his candidature from Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram constituency for the Lok Sabha polls, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar on Saturday said that he was honoured and happy.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], March 1: A state-of-the-art robotic surgery unit has been installed at KIMSHEALTH Trivandrum for knee replacement surgery. Dr. Shashi Tharoor, MP, unveiled the Robotic Surgery Unit and the KIMSHEALTH Center for Robotic Joint Replacement.
Arguing that the BJP's vote share in Kerala has reached its saturation point, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday dismissed the prospect of the ruling party at the Centre doing better in the upcoming Lok Sabha election.
"I don't think the BJP is going to win a single seat in Kerala. Their strongest performance has always been in Thiruvananthapuram, where they came twice. I am not expecting that they will be anything better than that this time around either. Everywhere else, we have strong candidates," Tharo
Lauding the Raisina Dialogue 2024, Congress MP and former UN diplomat Shashi Tharoor said that it is a very good innovation and gives India's diplomacy a good image with all the countries that come and participate.
"The highest French civilian award comes in recognition of Tharoor's tireless efforts to deepen Indo-French ties, commitment to international peace and cooperation, and as a long-standing friend of France," the French Embassy in India said in a statement.
Police used tear gas to disperse protesters on the second day of the farmers' stir even as the local people suffered due to traffic jams near the borders, and the farmers' organisations said they would hold a meeting with the Central government on Thursday to discuss their demands.
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said he doesn't think the China border is fortified the way the national capital is, adding that it's a democratic right of the farmers to protest and to be heard in the national capital.