Sitharaman visits Tharoor in hospital, MP is 'touched'

April 16, 2019 10:08

In a departure from the vitriol of politics, the normally acerbic defence minister cut a warm picture as she dropped in to meet the incapacitated, but cheerful MP from Thiruvananthapuram -- the Congress party's Shashi Tharoor.

Tharoor as you may recall, sustained injuries on his head, which required six stitches, when the hook of a weighing scale came off and its iron panel hit his head while performing 'thulabharam' ritual at a temple. Tharoor was given first aid at the government general hospital and then taken to the Trivandrum Medical College for examination.

Tharoor tweeted on Nirmala Sitharaman's visit: "Touched by the gesture of @nsitharaman, who dropped by today morning to visit me in the hospital, amid her hectic electioneering in Kerala. Civility is a rare virtue in Indian politics - great to see her practice it by example!"

Sitharaman was also in Kerala at the time, participating in a roadshow with Kummanam Rajasekharan, the BJP candidate fighting against Tharoor from the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat.

The Thiruvananthapuram seat is seeing a triangular contest between the Congress, BJP and the LDF. '

Tharoor also tweeted to say that his LDF rival C Divakaran called in the morning to express concern about his well-being.

"Said he had spoken to the Hospital Superintendent to assure himself I would be ok. Dont be demoralised, he added. Im not: Im more determined than ever to see this through!," Tharoor tweeted.

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