India, Feb. 24 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday remarked on the rumours of a rift between Shashi Tharoor and the Congress, saying that the Thiruvananthapuram MP's "marginalisation was inevitable" since he decided to contest the party's presidential elections against Mallikarjun Kharge in 2022.

"Shashi Tharoor's marginalisation in the Congress was inevitable after he dared to contest the party's presidential election against Mallikarjun Kharge, a nominee of the Gandhi family," BJP IT chief Amit Malviya wrote on X.

Malviya claimed that Tharoor's "downsizing" would have been swifter and more conspicuous if not for his high public profile.

"His downsizing would have been swifter and more conspicuous if not for his high public ...