India, Jan. 30 -- Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday said his stand on certain issues may have been portrayed as pro-BJP by sections of the media, but he considers his views to be pro-government or pro-India, not partisan.

Tharoor said he has consistently maintained that on some international and national security matters, he prefers to speak for the country rather than indulge in political positioning. "This is not new. I have always said so," the Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram told reporters.

A controversy had erupted last year over Tharoor's remarks on the India-Pakistan situation and India's diplomatic outreach following the Pahalgam attack, with his views differing from the official Congress line. Several party le...