Speculations are rife about Shashi Tharoor’s future in the Congress, with whispers growing louder that he may be on his way out. In a recent interview, he hinted at his dissatisfaction with the importance accorded to him by the party leadership and declared that he was prepared to leave if the Congress no longer wanted his services.

This comes at a politically inopportune moment, just ahead of civic body elections and with the State Assembly polls looming on the horizon. If anything, his remarks amount to a self-goal, weakening an already fractured party. His praise for the LDF government’s startup policy and his comments on the Trump-Modi meeting in Washington have only added fuel to the fire,........

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