New Delhi/IBNS, June 25 -- Hours after Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge snubbed senior party leader Shashi Tharoor over his praise for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Thiruvananthapuram MP put up a post on X that was widely seen as a reply to his party colleagues' barbs.

"Don't ask permission to fly. The wings are yours. And the sky belongs to no one," read the message with a bird's photograph.

This is, by far, the strongest snub to Tharoor from the Congress leadership.

The row gained traction after Shashi Tharoor, in his opinion piece for a prominent English daily this week, lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'energy, dynamism and willingness to engage (with other countries)' post-Operation Sindoor, stating that this should not ...