Thiruvanathapuram MP Shashi Tharoor came under fire earlier this month for praising PM Narendra Modi’s visit to the US. He then wrote an article in an English daily in which he was seen as praising the performance of the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF government in some sectors. While some in the Congress slammed the remarks, Chief Minister Vijayan said they were proof of his government’s achievements. The state Congress unit has dismissed reports of a rift and asserted that the party is united. The party brass held a long brainstorming meeting with leaders from the state unit ahead of the Assembly elections in the state next year. The meeting was also attended by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi and went on for nearly three hours. It came a day after the MP slammed sections of the media for interpreting his statement that he had multiple \”options to spend my time\” to mean he had political options apart from the Congress.
