New Delhi, May 18 -- Communist Party of India (CPI) Secretary Binoy Viswam on Sunday took a swipe at Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor who was named as the head of a multipartner delegation to key partner countries to convey India's message of zero tolerance against terrorism following Operation Sindoor.

Viswam said that Tharoor seemed to be "in search of his berth" in the alleged "sleeping cell" of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) operating inside Congress.

Referring to Tharoor's appointment in one of the seven groups of the multi-party delegation, he further criticised the BJP for using the fight against terrorism as a "hunt for party gain".

"Rahul Gandhi's concern about BJP sleeping cells inside Congress is not so simple. It seems that Sh...