New Delhi, Feb. 23 -- Shashi Tharoor, the Congress MP from Kerela's Thiruvananthapuram, recently refused to comment when asked if "all is well between you and the Congress." Instead, he said there's an "important" India-Pakistan match today.

Earlier on Saturday, Tharoor shared a quote from English poet Thomas Gray. It read, "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise." Many reports claimed that his social media post had a "cryptic" message amid "the buzz of a rift between him and the Congress."

Shashi Tharoor stirred up a political storm by praising rivals of his party, Congress.

1. Tharoor earlier praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with US President Donald Trump.

Tharoor had said, "...what we have seen from the press...