India, July 20 -- Amid his tussle with the Congress leadership over his public remarks lauding Operation Sindoor in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack, senior party leader and MP Shashi Tharoor has said that while "a lot of people have been critical" of him, he will stand his ground "because I believe this is the right thing for the country".

Speaking at an event in Kochi, the Thiruvananthapuram MP was asked about his uneasy relationship with his party by a high school student.

"Politics is, unfortunately or otherwise, in any democracy, it's about competition. And as a result, when people like me say that we respect our parties, we have certain values and convictions that keep us in our parties, but we need to cooperate with ot...