After the BJP won the Thiruvananthapuram corporation polls. In a post on X, Tharoor said: “I also want to acknowledge the historic performance of the BJP in Thiruvananthapuram, and offer humble congratulations on their significant victory in the city Corporation.”

The Opposition has criticised the bill for changing the scheme’s name and removing Mahatma Gandhi’s reference from it. Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, along with other Opposition MPs, has already held a protest at the Parliament.

Amid political instability in Bangladesh, a country witnessing an interim government, has been maintaining an anti-India stance constantly. In a fresh, Hasnat Abdullah from National Citizen Party has threatened to ‘separate’ India’s Northeast region which met with strong reply from Assam CM.