India, April 26 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday weighed in on remarks linked to US President Donald Trump referring to India and other countries as "hellholes", saying New Delhi should not overreact to the controversy and instead respond with restraint.

"India should not go ballistic over something as trivial as Trump's social media post. It is unworthy of our style of diplomacy. If I were the government of India, I would just ignore it," Shashi Tharoor told France24.

The comments came after Trump shared a transcript of a conservative political talk show hosted by Michael Savage.

In the discussion, India, China and other nations were described as "hellholes", alongside claims about immigrants travelling to the United States lat...