PM Modi praises Cong MP Shashi Tharoor on what Sonia had pulled him up

 

What he said at a debate at the University of Oxford became a hit a hit on social media like Facebook and YouTube.

"India's share of the world economy when Britain arrived on its shores was 23 per cent," the former union minister  had said.

"By the time the British left it was down to below 4 per cent. Why? Simply because India had been governed for the benefit of Britain. Britain's rise for 200 years was financed by its depredations in India," he said, debating: 'This house believes Britain owes reparations to her former colonies'.

On Wednesday, Sonia Gandhi pulled up Tharoor for not following the party line. 

Sonia's reprimand of Tharoor came at a time when the Congress was going aggressive against the government over various scams, vowing not to allow parliament to run till the government took action. 

The Congress has been demanding the resignation of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and the chief ministers of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh over Lalitgate and Vyapam.