India, Jan. 24 -- Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's absence at key Congress meetings continues to fuel speculation, and this week it's centred around his home state of Kerala, where elections are due soon. Tharoor has now asserted that he remains "unapologetic" about his stances on national security, such as backing the BJP-led central government on its moves against Pakistan, including how Operation Sindoor was carried out.

He said he never violated the party's stated positions in Parliament, and that his only public disagreement in principle was over Operation Sindoor, reported news agency PTI from Kozhikode and New Delhi.

This statements comes after he skipped a high-level Kerala poll strategy meeting in New Delhi.

While the C...