New Delhi, March 20 -- Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit on Friday took a jibe at his colleague Shashi Tharoor for backing the Modi government's restraint against condemning the US-Israel attack on Iran, saying that the Kerala MP "shouldn't be taken seriously" since he takes a position without understanding the issues.

Intensifying his attack, he said that Tharoor, being a high-ranking United Nations official earlier, focuses on "pension and talking politely to others" instead of the Nehruvian foreign policy tradition.

"I am of the opinion that he (Shashi Tharoor) doesn't have much understanding about things. If someone wants to take a position without understanding, he shouldn't be taken seriously. In my opinion, Tharoor's understanding ...