Congress has become more Leftist in recent years: Tharoor on eve of Bihar vote counting

Hyderabad: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said the party has in recent years become more Leftist as it seeks to counter the "divisive politics" of BJP.

The senior Congress leader made the comments on the eve of Bihar vote counting.

Responding to a question whether Congress and Left parties coming together against the BJP's politics represented 'radical centrism' in action, Tharoor, who delivered a lecture on 'radical centrism' earlier, said his remarks were not about "nuts and bolts practical politics" but convictions and ideology, where some gaps needed to be bridged.

"But, tactical adjustments have been made more and more. In fact, in some ways, one of the consequences is my party has become a much more, sort of, Left party than it used to be. In the sense that, if you look at