Shashi Tharoor

Opposition leaders, including Shashi Tharoor, questioned the government's move to cancel the question hour in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament. Tharoor said that questioning the government was the "oxygen of parliamentary democracy", and that the government was evading accountability. TMC MP Derek O'Brien commented that the pandemic is an "excuse to murder democracy". Reportedly, CPI MP Binoy Viswam has written to Rajya Sabha… read-more

MP Shashi Tharoor has organised an IT panel to talk about the misuse of social media by political parties due to the alleged political "back and forth" between Congress and BJP, on September 2. Representatives from Facebook and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology are expected to attend the meeting. The panel will also discuss the issues of internet shutdown in Jammu & Kashmir with the state's administration.