India, July 28 -- BJP leader Baijayant Jay Panda on Monday took a dig at the Congress over the discussion in the Parliament on Operation Sindoor, saying that the party is not allowing Shashi Tharoor to speak in the Lok Sabha.

Panda, while participating in a special discussion on 'India's strong, successful and decisive Operation Sindoor in response to the terror attack in Pahalgam', alleged that several Congress leaders who can speak well are not allowed to speak by the party.

"There are several leaders in your (Congress) party who can speak well... My friend Shashi Tharoor Ji, who is a good speaker, is not allowed to speak by his party," the BJP leader said, according to PTI.

The reaction from the BJP camp comes hours after Tharoor to...