Narratives that the BJP harps on in the North such as communalism and religious division do not pass muster in the South, Tharoor said.
Shashi Tharoor during his campaigning in Thiruvananthapuram. (X)
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday, 11 April, dismissed as “propaganda mill” BJP’s claim of a strong performance in South India, and said the BJP’s northern narratives like communalism, religious division, and nativist social cleavages, do not pass muster there. he said the quest for dominance of “Hindi, Hindutva, Hindustan” is indeed a threat to plural consciousness.