00:00Congress MP Shashi Tharoor in awe of Modi's diplomacy.
00:04Tharoor has lauded Modi government position on Ukraine, that's the story at this hour.
00:09Shashi Tharoor says, wiping egg off my face.
00:13Congress MP says, strongly slam Modi-Ukraine policy.
00:16Modi can hug Putin and Zelensky says Shashi Tharoor.
00:19Modi can help in lasting peace.
00:21Very few can do what India is doing, says Shashi Tharoor, in face of the Prime Minister.
00:30The parliamentary debate who actually criticized the Indian position at the
00:36time back in February 22, on the well-worn grounds that Espen will
00:40understand because he and I talked about all this in my UN days, that there was a
00:44violation of the UN Charter, that there had been a violation of the principle of
00:49inviolability of borders, of the sovereignty of a member state namely
00:53Ukraine, and we had always stood for the admissibility of the use of force to
00:57settle international disputes and all of those principles I said had been
01:01violated by one party and we should have condemned it. Well, a couple of years
01:05later, three years later, it does look like I'm the one with egg on my face
01:08because clearly the policy has meant that India has actually a Prime Minister
01:13who can hug both the President of Ukraine and the President of Moscow two
01:17weeks apart and be accepted in both places and therefore India is in a
01:22position where it can make a difference to a lasting peace if it were so
01:27required in ways that very few countries would be able to was the one person
01:33okay Rahul Gautam has more on that Rahul it's not be with us in fact Rahul I'll
01:40come back to you my colleague getting in those details Tom Verracken of the BJP
01:44with us as well Tom Verracken, Shashi Tharoor in praise of Prime Minister
01:48Narendra Modi's and India's approach as far as the issue of the war is concerned
01:53here how do you respond to it well it's not just about Shashi Tharoor the whole
01:58world at large has seen it that how Prime Minister Modi was able to get into a
02:04situation where he had both the sides negotiating and he could talk peace with
02:10each one of them that was the policy that we have always adopted and I think
02:15under Modi's leadership that this has occurred because normally you're in one
02:20side or the other side now if Shashi Tharoor has realized I think it should
02:25be the realization that the Congress Party should also realize that foreign
02:29policy issues that are being handled by the Prime Minister is absolutely
02:35something that we have not seen earlier and that's an extraordinary effort
02:40that has been recognized by President Trump that's been recognized by the
02:45Italian Prime Minister and the world over it's been accepted and we are we
02:51are ready for peace anywhere in the globe because we have held that peace is
02:57the only way out and that is what the Prime Minister has led from the front so
03:01I think that's very clear Shashi has realized that he's seen the light good
03:05for him and I think if he preaches this to his own party it will do them a lot of
03:12good right I'm going to thank you for joining in with your views on that Tom
03:16Barrakhan of the Bharatiya Janata Party they're talking about how the entire
03:19world is appreciative of this of the policy of India's foreign policy vis-a-vis
03:25Ukraine and Russia Rahul Gautam it comes in now this praise comes in from
03:30Congress MP Shashi Tharoor who's been in fact praising the Modi government and
03:35the Prime Minister himself very often isn't it leaving many in the Congress
03:39extremely uncomfortable well within a month it's the second time when Shashi
03:46Tharoor you know had you know praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier he
03:51said that the Prime Minister visit to the USA and his meeting with Trump is
03:57going to yield fruitful results for the country at that point of time also his
04:02comments led you know you know quite of outrage within the party and party
04:07itself distance you know from the remarks saying that these remarks were made in
04:11personal capacity later on he also defended you know his remarks saying that
04:16I cannot always speak on behalf of political party and whatever I feel you
04:22know good about the incumbent government I would certainly be not hesitating
04:27to speak about it and now again Prime Minister's you know stance on Ukraine
04:32has got has drawn praises from Shashi Tharoor and in fact Mr. Tharoor that said
04:38that he was the only parliamentarian who actually condemned the stand that was
04:43taken by India back in 2022 when when when war broke out between a Ukraine and
04:49Russia in fact said that he has been proved wrong you know by the given stance
04:54and clearly Prime Minister is one person who can actually go and have
04:59Ukrainian Premier and Russian Premier within two weeks apart and still can
05:04have good relationships with both the country so clearly it seems that this
05:09this comment you rightly pointed out will not be going well with Congress
05:12leaders and you can expect that at least Kerala leaders would not be
05:16impressed with these with these remarks absolutely how they've always been upset
05:23remarks or no remarks many problems as far as the Kerala Congress is concerned
05:27be with us Rahul Gautam coming back to you in a moment from now listening to
05:30Shashi Tharoor once again was the one person in the parliamentary debate who
05:36actually criticized the Indian position at the time back in February 22 on the
05:41well-worn grounds and Espen will understand because he and I talked about
05:44all this in my UN days that there was a violation of the UN Charter that there
05:48had been a violation of the principle of inviolability of borders of the
05:53sovereignty of a member state namely Ukraine and we had always stood for the
05:57admissibility of the use of force to settle international disputes and all of
06:01those principles I said had been violated by one party and we should have
06:05condemned it well a couple of years later three years later it does look
06:09like I'm the one leg on my face because clearly the policy has meant that India
06:13has actually a prime minister who can hug both the president of Ukraine and
06:18the president of Moscow two weeks apart and and be accepted in both places and
06:22therefore India is in a position where it can make a difference to a lasting
06:28peace if it was so required in ways that very few countries would be able to
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