Tharoor: Faced backlash for wishing Advani

November 11, 2021 15:21

Shashi Tharoor tweets to say that he has been called a Sanghi sympathiser for wishing BJP veteran LK Advani on his birthday. Advani turned 94 on Monday.

Tharoor writes, "I am frankly appalled by the vicious backlash against my birthday greetings to LK Advaniji. Has civility disappeared entirely from our political discourse? Gandhiji taught us to respect & honour the humanity in our political opponents. It seems that now makes me a Sanghi sympathiser!

"In fact Gandhiji taught us to fight the sin but love (& embrace) the sinner. Ahimsa is "a positive state of love, of doing good even to the evildoer". While good and evil are Gandhian terms I cant easily use (most human beings are shades of both), I deplore intolerance on either side.

"So yes, I intend to continue to wish LK Advani & @narendramodi well on their birthdays, while opposing what they stand for politically. My 40 years of writing makes clear what I believe in. Only those who havent read me would call me a Sanghi. My values wont be discarded 4them."

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