"For All The Trolls...": Shashi Tharoor On "Memorable" Row After Wayanad Visit
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Shashi Tharoor, Congress MP from Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram, yesterday visited areas devastated due to the landslides in Wayanad that have left over 300 dead and many others missing
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has responded to the social media backlash over his tweet describing a visit to landslide-hit Wayanad as "memorable". Memorable, he has said, means something likely to be remembered because it is "unforgettable". Some memories of a memorable day in Wayanad pic.twitter.com/h4XEmQo66W Made an emotionally searing visit to the areas devastated by the #WayanadLandslide. Picked my way through the rubble to view the destruction in the villages of Chooralmala, Mundakkai and Puncharimattam. Ground Zero was emotionally devastating – just imagining what it must have… pic.twitter.com/AZP8SfOrGa Deaths and disaster are memorable for Shashi Tharoor. https://t.co/40zjGW6c0b
"For all the trolls: definition of 'memorable': Something that is memorable is worth remembering or likely to be remembered, because it is special or unforgettable. That's all I meant," the Thiruvananthapuram MP posted on X amid the row over his earlier post.
The Congress MP yesterday visited areas devastated due to the landslides in Wayanad that have left over 300 dead and many others missing. A video he shared on social media shows him help unload relief supplies arranged by his office for those who have lost their homes in the calamity and are now in relief camps. He is also seen meeting the affected people about their situation and the difficulties they are facing.
