Shashi Tharoor Apologises For Wrong Tweet On Sumitra Mahajan

Sumitra Mahajan, popularly known as "Tai" (elder sister in Marathi) had represented the Indore Lok Sabha seat eight times in a row from 1989 to 2014.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday spoke to former Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan's son and apologised for his tweet, which wrongly talked about the BJP veteran's death. Mr Tharoor and few media organisations had on Thursday announced the demise of Ms Mahajan (78). However, the Congress MP and others had later deleted the tweets after BJP leaders pointed out that she was fine. On Friday, Mr Tharoor said in a tweet, "Spoke to Sumitra Mahajan ji's son to convey my sincere apologies at last night's misinformation. He was most gracious & understanding. Delighted to hear she is very much better. Expressed my best wishes to her & her family." After the Thursday night tweets by Mr Tharoor and others about her demise, Ms Mahajan was heard in an audio clip saying, "What should I do? These people carried the news without any confirmation. They should have at least confirmed with the district administration in Indore."