A confrontation erupted between Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor over a 2009 dinner hosted by Puri in New York. On the time, Puri was serving as India’s ambassador to the UN and US billionaire George Soros was among the many attendees.
Puri hits out at Tharoor and mentioned Congress chief himself offered the record of invitees for the dinner, which included Soros. He mentioned in a put up on X,”On reflection, it’s clear that the identify was included as a result of the gentleman in query was among the many benefactors of the Rajiv Gandhi Basis, and the Minister of State was eager to satisfy him.”
In his X put up, Puri mentioned, “Since I used to be just some months outdated within the metropolis then, however Dr Tharoor had spent appreciable time in New York, I didn’t select the record of invitees for the dinner. It was given to me by Minister Tharoor.”
“Language has steadily been accorded satisfaction of place amongst main arts of deception. A few of my associates within the Congress Social gathering excel in obfuscation; however they tweet at their very own peril,” BJP chief added.
Language has steadily been accorded satisfaction of place amongst main arts of deception.
A few of my associates within the Congress Social gathering excel in obfuscation; however they tweet at their very own peril.I need to take up two points raised by them.
First – my good friend Dr @ShashiTharoor Ji, who was a… pic.twitter.com/sIWc2omjg8
— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) December 20, 2024
