New Delhi: A day after slamming Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his speech in Bangladesh, Congress chief Shashi Tharoor on Saturday (March 27, 2021) apologised saying that he would not thoughts admitting when he’s flawed.
The Prime Minister throughout his two-day go to to the neighbouring nation had stated that he did ‘satyagraha’ for Bangladesh’s freedom.
“I must have been 20-22 years old when I and my colleagues did satyagraha for Bangladesh’s freedom,” PM Modi had stated in Dhaka whereas addressing the golden jubilee celebrations of Bangladesh’s Independence and the delivery centenary of its founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Speaking on the National Day programme of Bangladesh. https://t.co/ka54Wleu7x
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 26, 2021
Slamming the speech, Shashi Tharoor took to his official Twitter account and stated, “International education: Our PM is giving Bangladesh a taste of Indian “fake news”. The absurdity is that everyone knows who liberated Bangladesh.”
However, 12 hours later, the Congress MP accepted that he was flawed and stated, “I don’t mind admitting when I’m wrong. Yesterday, on the basis of a quick reading of headlines and tweets, I tweeted “everybody is aware of who liberated Bangladesh,” implying that Narendra Modi had omitted to acknowledge Indira Gandhi. It turns out he did. Sorry!”
Several BJP and Congress leaders have been engaged in the confrontation on Twitter over the identical speech.
Meanwhile, PM Modi on his second day of the go to is attending an occasion at Bangladesh’s Orakandi.
“Both India and Bangladesh want to see the world progressing through their own progress. Both the nations want to see stability, love, and peace in the world instead of instability, terror, and unrest,” PM stated throughout an tackle to the Matua group in Orakandi.
Earlier in the day, he sought blessings on the Jeshoreshwari Kali Temple.
Feeling blessed after praying on the Jeshoreshwari Kali Temple. pic.twitter.com/8CzSSXt9PS
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 27, 2021
At the Jeshoreshwari Kali Temple. pic.twitter.com/XsXgBukg9m
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 27, 2021
This is Prime Minister Modi’s first international go to for the reason that outbreak of COVID-19.