Shashi Tharoor Backs Digvijaya Singh Amid Row Over Praising BJP-RSS

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has backed senior colleague Digvijaya Singh's call for reforms within the party, asserting the need to strengthen the organisation, in the backdrop of a spiralling controversy over the latter's apparent praises for the BJP and its ideological parent, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

Singh had last week highlighted the need for reforms and the decentralisation of power within the Congress in a public post, tagging Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi. While the public remark from a senior leader left the Congress embarrassed, it also underlined the growing discontent among veteran leaders.