‘War of birds’: Cong-Tharoor rift deepens with ‘bird’ posts on social media

From “the wings are yours” to “even a free bird must watch the skies”, the Shashi Tharoor-Congress rift took a turn towards what some termed a “war of birds” on Thursday as party leader Manickam Tagore sought to establish the pecking order with an X message to his colleague.

Tharoor, who has been grabbing attention for his praise for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and is known for his wordplay, started the bird analogy battle on Wednesday. And Tagore followed the cue a day later.

On Wednesday, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge took a jibe at Tharoor and said his party believes in the “country first” mantra but for some it is “Modi first and country later”. PTI