New Delhi, June 22 -- Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's recent meeting with Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Manoj Sinha and his remarks about 'encouraging progress' towards normalcy in the Union Territory have not gone down well with his party.

Tharoor's visit to the Valley set off yet another row with his party as the local Congress unit criticised him for not meeting his party colleagues.

"In Srinagar! Had the honour of an excellent meeting with Lieutenant-Governor Manoj Sinha at Lok Bhavan today. We discussed the situation in the state and the encouraging progress towards normalcy," Tharoor wrote on X, accompanying a picture of the two on 21 June.

Tharoor was in Srinagar for the Nalanda Dialogues. "When I arrived, he was ...