Shimla, June 23 -- The Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Kavinder Gupta, on Tuesday endorsed Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's recent remarks on the improving situation in Jammu and Kashmir, saying the parliamentarian had spoken the truth and risen above political considerations to acknowledge the ground reality.

Speaking to mediapersons in Shimla after paying floral tributes to former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on his 93rd birth anniversary, Governor Gupta said Tharoor's observations reflected the significant transformation witnessed in the Union Territory over the past several decades.

Tharoor had recently posted on the social media platform X following his visit to Jammu and Kashmir, describing the progress towards normalcy as encouraging...