Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has sparked a fresh political debate by defending the legacy of former Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani, arguing that the veteran BJP leader’s decades of public service should not be judged solely by one controversial episode in his career.

“Reducing his long years of service to one episode, however significant, is unfair. Just as Nehruji’s career cannot be defined solely by the China setback, nor Indira Gandhi’s only by the Emergency, the same fairness should be shown to Advaniji,” Tharoor wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

His comments came shortly after he extended birthday wishes to Advani, one of the founding figures of the Bharatiya Janata Party, on his 98th birthday. In his message, Tharoor praised Advani’s “unwavering commitment to public service” a

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