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Tharoor Blames ‘Bad Media’ for ‘Good Hindu’ Comment, Says His Words Were ‘Twisted’
Congress MP Shahi Tharoor.
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has received a lot of flak from all corners for his comments on the Ram Temple issue made during The Hindu’s Lit For Life Fest. Mr Tharoor has come out with a statement accusing the media of manipulating his words and clarification that the opinion stated was his personal opinion and not that of the party’s.
"I condemn the malicious distortion of my words by some media in the service of political masters. I had said, 'Most Hindus would want a temple at what they believe to be Ram's birthplace. But no good Hindu would want it to be built by destroying another's place of worship'," Tharoor said on Monday (15 October).
"I was asked for my personal opinion at a literary festival and gave it as such. I am not a spokesperson for my party and did not claim to be speaking for it," he later added.
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said that he was astonished that Tharoor believes that ‘good’ Hindu’s don’t want a Ram temple in Ayodhya.
"This could be Tharoor's or Rahul Gandhi's views but not of the common people. This shows how cut off they are from reality," Javadekar said, as reported by Economic Times.
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