New Delhi, May 8 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor cheering the BJP-led dispensation is not a common sight. Yet, this is what unfolded when Tharoor commended not only the execution of 'Operation Sindoor', but also praised its name and symbolic imagery.

In response to a post on X speculating about a possible acronym for the operation, Tharoor wrote, "Clever, esp given the government's penchant for creative acronyms! But jokes apart, #OperationSindoor is a brilliant name. It evokes the image, seared into our national consciousness, of the newly-widowed bride, kneeling and weeping by the side of her assassinated husband of six days in Pahalgam - the entire reason why Operation #Sindoor was necessary. The fact that sindoor is blood red also send...