Tharoor later apologized for offending some people and said the "whole selfie thing" was done at the women's MPs' initiative.
Speaking at the launch of his book, 'Pride, Prejudice, and Punditry', Tharoor said that it was a flaw of the parliamentary system that "creates opportunity for those who are divisive".
A controversy had erupted on Monday after Tharoor tweeted a birthday message for Advani in which he described him as "a fine human being" and "a gentleman in politics".
Senior Congress leader and three-time Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha member Shashi Tharoor has been appointed the chairman of Parliamentary Committee on Information Technology again on Saturday, despite BJP MPs demand for his removal.
Tharoor was part of the Group of 23 Congress leaders, who last year wrote a letter to Sonia asking for sweeping changes in the party.
Tharoor's remarks came as Congress said that the day is being observed as "unemployment day", "anti-farmer day" and "high prices day".
Telangana Congress chief A Revanth Reddy on Thursday withdrew his remark and apologised to Shashi Tharoor after a row over his derogatory remark directed at the former Union minister.
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has often left all speechless through his vocabulary skills. This time too everyone was floored, but not because of his English-speaking skills, but his ability to sing.
In his performance, the Thiruvananthapuram MP was seen referring to his phone for the lyrics while singing one of Bollywood's classic - Ek Ajnabee Haseena Se - from the 1974 film Ajnabee, starring Rajesh Khanna and Zeenat Aman.
After Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) excluded former PM Jawaharlal Nehru from its poster, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor asked Centre to stop attempting to rewrite history in petty way.
Youth Congress Wing of Thiruvananthapuram protested against the Central Government over its mismanagement regarding the COVID-19 situation. Congress Party MP from Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor also participated in the protest
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today posted a video of him participating in swing tradition as part of Onam.
A Delhi court on Wednesday discharged Shashi Tharoor in his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death case.
The Rouse Avenue court on Wednesday discharged Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in connection with the Sunanda Pushkar death case. Tharoor was booked under sections of subjecting a woman to cruelty and abetment to suicide in connection with the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. Special Judge Geetanjali Goel pronounced the order in presence of Senior Advocate Vikas Pahwa appearing on behalf of Tharoor, Additional Public Prosecutor Atul Shrivastava and Dr. Tharoor himself.
The Rouse Avenue court on Wednesday discharged Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in connection with Sunanda Pushkar death case.
The Opposition leaders marched towards Vijay Chowk from Parliament demanding repeal of Centre's three farm laws on August 12. While talking about it, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said, "Centre doesn't want to run the Parliament proceedings properly. Govt is passing laws without discussions. There should be a discussion on COVID-19 vaccination, current economic situation, unemployment, farm laws but govt is running away."
Kapil Sibal was the prime mover behind the letter written to interim party chief Sonia Gandhi calling for wide-ranging reforms and is also seen one of the leaders who has serious differences with the working of Rahul Gandhi.
As a critic of Cowin, let me say they’ve done something terrific, said senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, praising the Modi government over CoWIN portal.
Tharoor also put the blame for the logjam in Parliament on BJP and accused the saffron party of reducing the "temple of democracy to a rubber stamp for its agenda or worse, a notice board to announce its unilateral decisions".
Taking to Twitter, the senior Congress leader said, "As we in India celebrate the occasional bronze medal at the Olympics, look at the Chinese ultranationalists denouncing their athletes for winning silvers!"
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