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Tharoor Says Despite Criticizing the Emergency, Indira Gandhi’s Assassination Felt Like a Personal Loss
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor paid tribute to Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary. He said that Indira Gandhi left a deep mark on the history of modern India. Tharoor criticized the Emergency, but described her assassination as a personal loss. He also recalled his meetings with Indira Gandhi and discussions on foreign policy.
The senior Congress leader and MP Shashi Tharoor remembered the great legacy of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary. He wrote in a social media post, "Today we remember a figure who left a deep mark, both good and bad, on the history of modern India."
The former Union Minister said that while he was a critic of the Emergency, Gandhi's assassination was a personal blow. Tharoor said on Christmas Day, "I pay tribute to the great legacy of our late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, whose 108th birth anniversary is today."
He wrote, "Much has been written (and will continue to be written) about her decisive leadership in redrawing the map of the subcontinent in 1971 and the (less complimentary) Emergency four years later, so today I will confine myself to personal matters."
