Leave Shashi Tharoor alone: Salman Khurshid at JLF

January 19, 2014 18:12

External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday dismissed concerns that the shocking death of Sunanda Pushkar -- wife of Union minister Shashi Tharoor -- may become a worrying issue for the Congress in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls.

"Why will it affect the Congress? What has the Congress got to do with it," Khurshid told Rediff.com on the sidelines of the Jaipur Literature Festival.

Visibly annoyed at being repeatedly asked about Pushkar's death by media personnel at the event, Khurshid told Rediff.com, "I think we should learn to respect people's privacy, especially during a time of grief. It is a personal matter and we should treat it like one. We need to respect the sentiments of the family members of Sunanda Tharoor and Shashi Tharoor and leave them alone."

He also expressed his disappointment with the media over its coverage of the issue. "At a time like this, the media should set the bar higher for itself and not stoop to such levels. If that (media playing up the issue) keeps on happening, it will be a very sad thing for all of us," he said.

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