Congress distances itself from Tharoor remarks

March 21, 2016 18:19

The Congress has virtually disapproved of party leader Shashi Tharoor comparing Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, facing sedition charges, with Bhagat Singh.

"There has been only one Bhagat Singh. There is only one Bhagat Singh", party spokesman Manish Tewari told reporters when asked about Tharoor's remarks which has sparked a controversy.

The BJP has accused Tharoor, a former Union minister, of insulting the legendery freedom fighter.

Addressing a group of students in th eJNU last night, Tharoor, while listing the names of victims of sedition law under British rule had said Bhagat Singh was the Kanhaiya Kumar of his time.

"The biggest victims of sedition law under the British rule were Jawaharlal Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Annie Besant," he said.

When a girl mentioned the name of Bhagat Singh, prompt came the remark that "Bhagat Singh was the Kanhaiya Kumar of his time."

Tharoor on his part clarified that he did not intend to equate Kanhaiya with Bhagat Singh.

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