Meeting Someone Abroad Doesn't Imply Endorsement Of Views: Shashi Tharoor
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Shashi Tharoor's remarks come after Rahul Gandhi's meeting with British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in London triggered a row.
In diplomacy, engaging with someone who holds hostile views may be performing a more useful service to the country than only meeting friends or those already on your side, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Wednesday after Rahul Gandhi's meeting with British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in London triggered a row here.
Taking exception to the Mr Gandhi's meeting with the hard left leader, BJP on Tuesday asked him whether he endorsed the UK opposition leader's "anti-India" views.
The Congress justified Mr Gandhi's meeting and shared pictures of Mr Corbyn with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ask whether he too endorsed the "anti-India" views of the UK Labour leader and MP.
In an apparent reference to the row without taking any names, Mr Tharoor said when visiting a democracy, meeting leaders from opposition parties is a normal process, especially when the visitor is from a democracy too.
