India, May 3 -- Senior Congress leader and MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday underscored the importance of putting national development ahead of political divides, responding to queries on him sharing stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the inauguration of the Vizhinjam International Seaport in Kerala on Friday.

Shashi Tharoor cited the Vizhinjam Seaport as a prime example of how development projects can transcend political barriers, calling it a symbol of cooperative federalism.

"Yesterday, the Prime Minister came to Thiruvananthapuram, and we saw the official commissioning of the Vizhinjam Seaport. The port has been a dream of the people of Vizhinjam and Thiruvananthapuram, my constituency, and Kerala for a very, very long time. A ...