India, Feb. 23 -- Amid reports of an ongoing rift within Congress party and its leader Shashi Tharoor, the latter put out a cryptic post. On Saturday, he shared a quote from English poet Thomas Gray's poem 'Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College' on X, formerly Twitter, which read "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise."

"Thought of the day," Tharoor captioned the post.

Tharoor's post comes as there are reports of a rift emerging between him and the Congress party, allegedly over an article in which Tharoor praised the Kerala government's policies. Shashi Tharoor had also reportedly praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the US.

Clarifying his statements, Tharoor told news agency ANI, "For 16 years, I have been in...