KPCC moots Tharoor's suspension

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The KPCC, incensed by Shashi Tharoor's perceived soft corner for BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has conveyed its displeasure to AICC and will submit a detailed report recommending disciplinary action against its Thiruvananthapuram MP in a day or two.

On Monday, KPCC president V M Sudheeran said Tharoor seemed to have fallen in the trap set by Modi, while vice-president M M Hassan said KPCC would think about disciplinary action against Tharoor.

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Tharoor answered his critics through social media. "My commitment is to India's progress, and I remain convinced that Congress is the best and most inclusive vehicle to accomplish that progress", he wrote on Facebook on Monday night.

Home minister Ramesh Chennithala said "Congress can never approve policies of RSS and BJP. A Congressman should not have come out with such comments."

Justifying his acceptance of Modi's Swacha Bharath's challenge, Tharoor wrote on Facebook, "I see no reason for my party to surrender the noble objective of a Clean India to BJP, especially when it has been a Congress objective for decades. Let us honour the spirit of Mahatma Gandhi, whether we agree with anything else the Prime Minister believes or not".

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