THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: MP Shashi Tharoor came heavily against the English daily 'The Indian Express’ for allegedly distorting his statements on the Congress leadership in Kerala.

Shashi Tharoor:

“First, they took an innocuous statement (I said I had multiple “options to spend my time” in literary pursuits) and made a headline out of it in English that implied I was exploring other political options. And as usual, the rest of the media reacted to the headline and the political class reacted to the media, and I was left dealing with the mess!

The expression #BreakingNews has multiple meanings after all…

While this kerfuffle might blow over, it has brought a lot of issues out into the open. I suddenly discovered what a lot of people really thought of me and learned from others’ speculations about options that I hadn’t ever considered exercising. Some people woke up to issues they had been complacent about, and others found reasons to vent their feelings. Suddenly, my place in Indian politics was being discussed — in a few cases enlighteningly and with insight.

All of this has been hugely instructive and eye-opening for me. Except for the crucial detail that the entire story was baseless, and the spin given to my words was clearly neither what I had said nor the intended meaning of what I did say!!”

Shashi Tharoor also informed on X that he will attend tomorrow's meeting called by AICC.