BJP jabs Congress as Tharoor welcomes unveiling of bust at Rashtrapati Bhavan| India News
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday heaped praise on the unveiling of the bust of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, popularly known as Rajaji, at the central courtyard of Rashtrapati Bhavan. Hours later, the BJP used Tharoor’s admiration to jab his party Congress, claiming that the party was against the move. President Droupadi Murmu pays respect to Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (ANI) (HT_PRINT) “Sad that some in Congress put Lutyens above Rajaji Videshi above Swadeshi Colonial above Bharatiya,” a part of BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla’s post on X read. He was referring to Tharoor’s latest post welcoming the unveiling of Rajagopalachari’s statue at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Tharoor reacted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s X post and said he admired Rajaji’s liberal economics and support for free enterprise, adding that his values were one without “communal bigotry”. “It is sad that there are so few left to follow him today,” a part of Tharoor’s post read. The bust of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, the first and only Indian Governor General of Independent India, was unveiled at the Rashtrapati Bhavan by President Droupadi Murmu …


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