New Delhi: Congress chief Shashi Tharoor has addressed the criticism sparked by his tweet referring to his go to to landslide-affected Wayanad as ‘memorable.’ He clarified that his use of the time period ‘memorable’ was meant to indicate one thing ‘unforgettable’ and noteworthy, regardless of the backlash on social media.
In a social media put up on ‘X’ Tharoor wrote, “For all of the trolls: definition of ‘memorable’: One thing that’s memorable is value remembering or more likely to be remembered, as a result of it’s particular or unforgettable. That is all I meant,”
Earlier, the Thiruvananthapuram MP visited the areas affected by the large landslides which have claimed no less than 308 lives. The Congress chief helped within the rescue operations that entered the fifth day on Sunday.
He shared a video through which he’s seen actively helping with the unloading of aid provides organised by his workplace for people who’ve misplaced their properties because of the catastrophe and are at present residing in aid camps. The footage additionally captures him partaking immediately with the affected people, listening to their experiences and the challenges they’re confronting.
For all of the trolls: definition of “memorable”: One thing that’s memorable is value remembering or more likely to be remembered, as a result of it’s particular or unforgettable.
Thats all i meant. https://t.co/63gkYvEohv
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) August 3, 2024
Tharoor captioned the put up as, “Some reminiscences of a memorable day in Wayanad.”
Many, together with BJP leaders, questioned his use of the time period ‘memorable’ to explain such a tragedy. Senior BJP chief Amit Malviya, who leads the occasion’s IT division, tweeted, ‘Shashi Tharoor finds dying and catastrophe memorable.’
