BJP attacks Shashi Tharoor after his Congress chief poll manifesto shows wrong map of India
India Today
BJP leader Amit Malviya hit out at Shashi Tharoor after his Congress presidential poll manifesto showed a wrong map of India.
On the day Shashi Tharoor filed his nomination for the Congress presidential poll, his election manifesto seems to have stirred a controversy. The Bharatiya Janata Party hit out at Shashi Tharoor after his poll manifesto showed a wrong map of India.
Congress presidential candidate Shashi Tharoor's manifesto showed a wrong map of India, with parts of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh omitted. Shashi Tharoor's office later made corrections to the manifesto after the wrong map of India caused a stir.
BJP leader Amit Malviya said, "Shashi Tharoor, Congress’s presidential hopeful, puts a mutilated map of India in his manifesto. While Rahul Gandhi is supposedly on a Bharat Jodo Yatra, wannabe Congress President is hell bent on dismembering India. Maybe he thinks this might help find favour with the Gandhis..."
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday filed his nomination for the post of Congress chief in New Delhi. The Thiruvananthapuram MP submitted his papers to the party's central election authority chairman, Madhusudan Mistry.
Ahead of filing his nomination, Shashi Tharoor visited Rajghat and paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi.
"Paid tribute to the man who built India's bridge to the 21st century this morning," Shashi Tharoor tweeted.
In an exclusive interview with India Today, Shashi Tharoor said he comes without the "baggage" of having any vested interest in the way in which the party runs. He added that part of his message is to change the way the party runs and decentralise authority.
