New Delhi: Congress party had defended its union Minister Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday and said that there is no question of the resignation and virtually snubbed its ally NCP which had said he must dissociate himself from his ministerial duties till probe into the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar is over.
Congress spokesperson Randip Surjewala said at the AICC briefing, “This could be personal opinion of NCP leader D P Tripathi…We are not the conscience keeper of NCP. Tharoor is in a responsible ministerial position. He is also an inseparable part of Congress. There is no question of his resignation.”
He also said,”neither any individual, any party or organisation are insinuating vis a vis the alleged suicide or the alleged murder of Sunanda. When there is no charge and nobody is alleging any role of Tharoor, why should he resign.”
He was responding to questions on NCP spokesperson D P Tripathi’s view, that the NCP thinks that Tharoor will himself disassociate from his ministerial responsibility till the investigation is over and that this was needed according to principle of propriety as the issue is serious.
Tripathi had at the same time made it clear that he was not demanding that Tharoor step down as a minister.
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