Tharoor working hard for country, says Rahul
October 7th, 2009 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvanathapuram, Oct 7 (IANS) Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor, drawing flak for many of his Twitter postings, has found support from Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi.
“He has a slightly different role… a lot of time he is travelling and working hard for the country,” Gandhi told reporters here Wednesday when asked about the minister.
Tharoor, a former UN diplomat and first-time Congress MP from Kerala, last month courted controvers when he wrote on micro-blogging website Twitter that he was ready to travel “cattle class” in solidarity with the “holy cows” - he was referring to the austerity drive of the party and the government.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh too has defended him.
- Tharoor's taunt on austerity drive angers Congress (Lead) - Sep 16, 2009
- Tharoor's taunt on austerity angers Congress - Sep 16, 2009
- Tharoor says he'd tweet, but in moderation - Sep 26, 2009
- BJP slams Tharoor for 'cattle class' remarks - Sep 17, 2009
- PM comes to Tharoor's rescue at 'austere' iftar - Sep 18, 2009
- Tharoor gets wide support from Twitterati - Sep 20, 2009
- Tharoor apologises for his 'Holy Cow' tweet - Sep 18, 2009
- Tharoor meets Sonia Gandhi - Sep 22, 2009
- Tharoor travelled economy even earlier (Lead) - Sep 17, 2009
- Tharoor travelled economy before austerity measures (With Images) - Sep 17, 2009
- BJP flays Congress for pardoning Tharoor for his tweat - Sep 23, 2009
- AIYF activists burn Tharoor's effigy in Kerala criticising his latest tweet - Sep 17, 2009
- Congress mum after PM downplays Tharoor's 'cattle class' remarks - Sep 19, 2009
- Tharoor meets Sonia, Manmohan, Pranab (Lead) - Sep 22, 2009
- Congress MP Sudhakaran tweets in support of Tharoor - Sep 18, 2009
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