New Delhi, March 19 -- A day after Congress leader Shashi Tharoor 'admitted' to wiping 'egg off his face' and conceding that India's diplomatic stance gave the country a unique position to be friendly with both Russia and Ukraine, two nations at war since 2022, Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said that he hopes Rahul Gandhi would not "act against" Tharoor for being candid over India's foreign policy.

"Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has agreed that Congress's own stance on Russia-Ukraine was wrong and the things (PM) Modi and Indian government has done was completely right. Today we are in a position that we can hug Putin (Russian President) and Zelenskyy (Ukraine President) and even US," Poonawalla said in a self-made ...