Synopsis : Congress leader Shashi Tharoor landed in a political controversy after an NGO announced that he would be conferred with an award named after VD Savarkar. However, Tharoor’s office said that he would not accept the award and that he was not aware of such an announcement being made in his name.

Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor landed in a political controversy after an NGO announced that he would be conferred with an award named after Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideologue VD Savarkar.

Meanwhile, Tharoor’s office has made it clear that he will neither accept the award nor attend the ceremony, stating that the announcement was made without his knowledge or consent.

The Savarkar Award, also referred to by the organisers as the Savarkar International Imp

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