New Delhi, Feb. 24 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday welcomed the unveiling of a statue of C Rajagopalachari at Rashtrapati Bhavan. He expressed pleasure at honouring Rajaji, the only Indian Governor-General, and reiterated admiration for his liberal economics, free enterprise, social justice and constitutional freedoms without communal bigotry.

In a post on X, Tharoor wrote, "I'm truly pleased to see Rajaji honoured by a statue at Rashtrapati Bhavan. He was the first Indian occupant as the only Indian Governor-General of India, before we became a Republic, and he yielded his seat to the new President. I have long admired his convictions and was a strong supporter of his Swatantra Party in my student days. His set of values and pr...