New Delhi, July 18 -- Senior Congress leader and Member of Parliament Manish Tewari on Saturday struck back at critics who questioned his presence at official government events alongside Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Taking to X, the Congress leader declared, "I have always endeavoured to keep the imperatives of development above partisan politics... That is who I am, irrespective of who may think what!"

The statement follows Tewari's attendance at a high-profile event on July 17, where the Prime Minister inaugurated a massive slate of development projects spanning Chandigarh and Tewari's former constituency of Sri Anandpur Sahib.

Tewari noted that this was not his first time prioritising regional growth over party lines, recalling his...