NEW DELHI: (Jun 25) In a jibe at Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, party chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said his party believes in “country first” mantra but for some it is “Modi first and country later”.
“I can’t read English well. His (Tharoor’s) language is very good, that’s why we have made him a Congress Working Committee member,” Kharge said when asked about Tharoor’s article on Operation Sindoor outreach in which he praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“But I want to say the people of the opposition together said they are with the Army that is fighting (during Operation Sindoor). We (the Congress) said the country is biggest and we will work together (with the government). We said ‘country first, party later’. Some people say ‘Modi first, country later’. What can we do in that,” he said. PTI
