NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has been nominated for an award named after Veer Savarkar, in what risked turning into another flashpoint between the Thiruvananthapuram MP and his party. Tharoor, however, declined the honour, citing the lack of clarification about the nature of the award and the organization conferring it.
“I am not going,” he replied when asked about his participation, before clarifying his stand in an online post.
“In the absence of clarifications about the nature of the award, the organization presenting it or any other contextual details, the question of my attending the event on Wednesday or accepting the award does not arise,” the MP later added.
The Veer Savarkar International Impact Award 2025 is instituted by the NGO High Range Rural Development Society (HRDS), with Tharoor named as its inaugural recipient.
The award was to be inaugurated by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at NDMC Convention Hall in New Delhi on Wednesday, honouring individuals and outfits that have worked for a change in national development, social reform, and humanitarian outreach.
Tharoor said he came to know about the award from media reports on Tuesday when he was in Kerala. Asked by the local media, he said he was neither aware of the award nor had accepted it.
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