Shashi Tharoor and his wife Sunanda Pushkar once again started making headlines. This time the couple hogged the limelight when Mrs Tharoor fumed over "misappropriate" behaviour of a Congress worker. [Update: Shashi Tharoor's public display of love for wife amuses BJP]
The couple reached Thiruvananthapuram Airport on Monday, Oct 29 where many Congress workers gathered to welcome them. While walking amid the crowd, Mrs Tharoor accused a party worker of touching her inappropriately and then slapped him repeatedly.
Earlier on Monday Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi criticised Mr Tharoor while targeting his wife over her alleged involvement in Kochi IPL team following which Tharoor had resigned from the external affairs ministry in 2010.
Modi, while addressing a rally at Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, said, "Wah kya girlfriend hai. Apne kabhi dekha hai 50 crore ka girlfriend (What a girlfriend. Have you ever seen a 50-crore-girl friend)?"
Criticising UPA government for inducting Tharoor once again, Modi said, "Everyone has heard about the minister, taken back on board and rewarded for his conduct.
He claimed in the Parliament that he is in no way connected to the Rs 50 crore and that these are in his friend's name. Who has heard of a crorepati girlfriend? And then girlfriend becomes wife, we learn some time later."
However, reacting against Modi's statement, Mr Tharoor on Tuesday tweeted, "@narendramodi My wife is worth a lot more than your imaginary 50 crores. She is priceless. But you need2be able2love some1 2understand that."
Mr Tharoor on Sunday was inducted in the UPA cabinet as minister of state for HRD.
Sunanda Pushkar Slaps a Youth Congress worker
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