The Indian Embassy in Kuwait on Friday slammed Congress leader Shashi Tharoor for retweeting what it said was an “anti-India tweet” by a “Pakistani agent”.
The Congress MP had retweeted a tweet which claimed that a group of “powerful” Kuwaiti parliamentarians have demanded from the government of Kuwait to put an immediate ban on the entry of any member of the ruling BJP of India into Kuwait. The tweet further said, “We can’t sit back and watch Muslim girls being publicly persecuted they said. Time for the Ummah to unite.”
While retweeting the tweet, Tharoor wrote, “Domestic actions have international repercussions. I hear from friends across the Gulf of their dismay at rising Islamophobia in India & the PM’s unwillingness to condemn it, let alone act decisively against it. ‘We like India. But don’t make it so hard for us to be your friends’.”
Hitting out at Tharoor, the Indian Embassy in Kuwait said, “Sad to see an Hon’ble Member of Indian Parliament retweeting an anti-India tweet by a Pakistani agent who was recipient of a Pakistani Award ‘Ambassador of Peace’ for his anti-India activities. We should not encourage such anti-India elements.”
Sad to see an Hon’ble Member of Indian Parliament retweeting an anti-India tweet by a Pakistani agent who was recipient of a Pakistani Award ‘Ambassador of Peace’ for his anti-India activities. We should not encourage such anti-India elements. https://t.co/e43MAmc50j pic.twitter.com/v3hoL582tL
— India in Kuwait (@indembkwt) February 18, 2022