India, May 17 -- Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said the Congress was fully entitled to its own choices after his name did not figure in the party's list of nominations for the Centre's overseas outreach delegation on terrorism.

Reacting to his inclusion by the government despite the party's omission, Tharoor said the government clearly exercised its own judgment on who it believed was appropriate to represent India, adding that he saw his participation as a matter of national duty, not party politics.

"The party is completely entitled to its opinion. Clearly, this being a government delegation, the government had its own opinion as to who they felt was appropriate. I must say, unaware of any further contacts between the govern...