New Delhi, May 25 -- Congress Member of Parliament, Shashi Tharoor, who is also the chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs, has sparked a row by criticising the CPI(M)-led Kerala government's Rs.10-crore aid to Turkey two years ago.

Tharoor called the aid for the earthquake a 'misplaced generosity' by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan government in the backdrop of reports that Pakistan used Turkey-made drones during the conflict with India and the subsequent 'boycott Turkey' calls.

"I hope the government of Kerala reflects on its misplaced generosity, after seeing Turkey's behaviour two years later! Not to mention that the people of Wayanad (just to take one Kerala example) could have used those Rs.10 crores far ...