Just like Nehru cannot be judged only by China setback, reducing Advani’s career to one episode also unfair: Shashi Tharoor

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has defended the policy legacy of former Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani, saying just like former PM Jawaharlal Nehru cannot only be judged by the “China setback” or Indira Gandhi’s career only by the Emergency, the same courtesy should be extended to one of the founding members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

“Reducing his long years of service to one episode, however significant, is also unfair. The totality of Nehruji’s career cannot be judged by the China setback, nor Indira Gandhi’s by the Emergency alone. I believe we should extend the same courtesy to Advaniji,” Tharoor wrote on X.

The Congress MP’s statement comes as he wished the former Deputy PM on his 98th birth anniversary, on November 8, where Tharoor praised his “unwavering commitmen