‘All is good, we are on same page': Tharoor after meeting Kharge-Rahul

29 Jan 2026 Evaluate

Amid reports that he was upset with his party, Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor, met party president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi in Kharge's chamber in Parliament House complex and said all is good and we are moving together on the same page.

After the meeting, Tharoor said, ‘I had a discussion with my two-party leaders…All is good and we are moving together on the same page...What more can I say’. He described his meeting a very constructive and positive one.

Responding to questions on whether the issue of the chief ministerial face for the upcoming Kerala Assembly polls was discussed, Tharoor said it was never the subject of discussion. He said, ‘I am not interested in being a candidate for anything. I am already an MP and have the trust of my voters in Thiruvananthapuram. My responsibility is to represent their interests in Parliament’.

Thiruvananthapuram MP also said he was very satisfied with his meeting with the top Congress brass.

Speculation about his discontent emerged last week after he skipped a key strategy meeting of the party for the upcoming Kerala polls as he was believed to be upset over Rahul Gandhi not properly acknowledging his presence at a recent event and repeated attempts by state leaders to ‘sideline’ him.

Shashi Tharoor has also faced criticism within the party in the past over his comments on India-Pakistan relations following the Pahalgam attack, which some leaders said differed from the Congress line. Tharoor has maintained that there was no divergence and that foreign policy should have bipartisan consensus.


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