After outrage over the ‘donkey remark’, Telangana Congress chief and MP Revanth Reddy has apologised to Shashi Tharoor.<\/p>\n
Tharoor on Thursday evening accepted the apology and tweeted after getting a phone call from Reddy, “I received a gracious call from @revanth_anumula to apologise for what was said. I accept his expression of regret & am happy to put this unfortunate episode behind us. We must work together to strengthen @INCIndia in Telangana & across the country.”<\/p>\n
Reddy also tweeted his apology: “I spoke to shri @ShashiTharoor ji to convey that I hereby withdraw the remarks and reiterate that I hold my senior colleague in the highest regard. I regret any hurt that may have been caused to him by my words. We share our faith in the values and policies of the Congress Party.”<\/p>\n
The matter, however, was not resolved so easily after Congress leaders Manish Tewari and Vivek Tankha raised the issue and the matter escalated in the party. A media report quoted party Reddy making a derogatory reference to senior leader Shashi Tharoor.<\/p>\n
Reddy later withdrew the remark after Telangana in-charge Manickam Tagore intervened. Reddy was appointed state president recently after Uttam Reddy quit due to defeat in state polls.<\/p>\n
The war of words broke after Tharoor’s recent visit to Hyderabad and Reddy commented on him and said he should be expelled.<\/p>\n
Manish Tewari said, “Dear Mr @revanth_anumula, Dr @ShashiTharoor is a valued colleague of yours & mine It would have been better if you would have spoken to him if you had some misgivings about a purported statement of his. Grace & Propriety demands you withdraw your words.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After outrage over the ‘donkey remark’, Telangana Congress chief and MP Revanth Reddy has apologised to Shashi Tharoor. Tharoor on Thursday evening accepted the apology and tweeted after getting a phone call from Reddy, “I received a gracious call from @revanth_anumula to apologise for what was said. I accept his expression of regret & am […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[4212,7660],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n