Shashi Tharoor’s recent remarks praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi have stirred friction inside the Congress, prompting pointed questions from several party figures.

Supriya Shrinate was among the first to express dissatisfaction, saying she “didn’t find anything… worth appreciating” in the Prime Minister’s address and could not understand “how he (Shashi Tharoor) found one.”

She also argued that Modi’s speech was a “petty speech” aimed at repeatedly criticising the Congress, adding that Tharoor should clarify “what his problem is with fair journalism.”

The sharpest response, however, came from senior leader Sandeep Dikshit, who accused Tharoor of straying from the party’s stand.

Dikshit challenged his colleague directly: “Why are you in Congress?”

He went on to question Tharoor’s

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