India, Dec. 13 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday hailed his party MPs' performance during the debates in both Houses on Vande Mataram and election reforms, and claimed that the Government's narrative was shredded to pieces by the Opposition. The Congress Lok Sabha MPs also observed silence to pay their respects to former Union minister Shivraj Patil, who passed away on Thursday morning in Latur.

However, what irked the grand old party once again was the complete absence of senior party MP Shashi Tharoor. Party sources said Tharoor had already informed the party about his unavailability. Another senior Congress leader and Chandigarh MP Manish Tiwari, was also absent in the meeting.

According to Shashi Tharoor's social media post,...