New Delhi, Nov. 26 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor took a swipe at those who "attacked" him for praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

He reposted a video of his remarks from an event organised by Amrita News on his X handle, wherein he said, "...even a neutral post by me on a speech by the Prime Minister has been attacked as praising the Prime Minister."

"I didn't say a single word of praise, I just described the speech," Tharoor said.

Shashi Tharoor said that being solely interested in "ideological purity" is not the way to get things done and that sometimes people need to be "more willing to cooperate across ideologies".

The Congress leader asked how a state could accomplish its goals without engaging with the Centre.

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