Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today reiterated his 'nation first' stance contending that political parties must first show loyality towards the country and play their role to make the nation better. He contended the political parties are the means to create a better India.
Even as Tharoor whose differences with the Congress party are widely open, did not name any party, his tone and tenor said it all. He praised Prime Minister Narender Modi led government over Op Sindhoor and asserted that one has to priortize national security over a political party, adding that party loyalty comes later. Tharoor, the MP from Thiruvananthapuram, said that the objective of a party is to create a better India and parties have the right to disagree on the best way to do that.
He also said that he will stand his ground regarding supporting the nation's armed forces and the government as he believes "this is the right thing for the country"."Which is your first loyalty? To my mind, the nation comes first. Parties are a means of making the nation better. So, to my mind, whichever party you belong to, the objective of the party is to create a better India in its own way.
"Now, parties have every right to disagree about the best way of doing that.. As you know, a lot of people have been very critical of me because of the stand I have taken, supporting our armed forces and our government, and what happened recently in our country and our borders," he said, while speaking at a private event here on 'Peace, Harmony and National Development'.
"But I will stand my ground, because I believe this is the right thing for the country," the Congress MP added.During his speech, he further said that politics is unfortunately or otherwise, in any democracy, about competition."As a result, when people like me say we respect our parties, we have certain values and convictions that keep us in our parties, but we need to cooperate with other parties in the interests of national security, sometimes the parties feel that its disloyal to them and that becomes a big problem," he said.
Later, on the sidelines of the event, he told reporters that "nation first was always my philosophy".He said that he came back to India only to serve the nation in whatever he can, through and outside politics."I have tried to do that," he said. On being asked whether he has any problems with the Congress high command, he said he was not here to discuss any politics or problems.
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