India, Feb. 24 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday heaped praise on the unveiling of the bust of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, popularly known as Rajaji, at the central courtyard of Rashtrapati Bhavan. Hours later, the BJP used Tharoor's admiration to jab his party Congress, claiming that the party was against the move.

"Sad that some in Congress put Lutyens above Rajaji Videshi above Swadeshi Colonial above Bharatiya," a part of BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla's post on X read.

He was referring to Tharoor's latest post welcoming the unveiling of Rajagopalachari's statue at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Tharoor reacted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's X post and said he admired Rajaji's liberal economics and support for free enterpri...