A Recovering Tharoor Thanks Yechury, Sitharaman For ‘Good Wishes’

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (R) and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor

(Photo: Twitter/@ShashiTharoor)

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who is in hospital after suffering head injuries while performing a ritual at a temple in Thiruvananthapuram , thanked CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for extending their good wishes.

Tharoor tweeted, “ Thanks @SitaramYechury for your phone call of support & good wishes! There’s a battle to be won & at the national level we are equally committed to winning it.”

Earlier in the day, after Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman paid a visit to him in the hospital, Tharoor tweeted, “Touched by the gesture of @nsitharaman, who dropped by today morning to visit me in the hospital, amid her hectic electioneering in Kerala.Civility is a rare virtue in Indian politics - great to see her practice it by example”.

Sitharaman had reached Kerala Monday night and held a road show at Thiruvananthapuram along with BJP candidate Kummanam Rajashekaran along the coastal stretch, besides addressing a campaign meeting at Attingal for Shobha Surendran.

What Happened to Shashi Tharoor?

Tharoor, the Thiruvananthapuram MP and party candidate in the 23 April Lok Sabha polls, was injured when the hook of a weighing scale came off and its iron panel hit his head during the "Thulabharam" ritual.

He was admitted to the Thiruvananthapuram Medical college hospital on Monday, 15 April, and is expected to be discharged later on Tuesday.

'Thulabharam' is a Hindu ritual in which a person is weighed against a commodity such as flowers, grains, fruits and similar articles in temples and the equal value or quantity is offered as donation.

Monday being the Malayalam new year day ('Vishu'), Tharoor performed the ritual by offering sugar equal to his weight in the morning before embarking on his poll campaign.

‘Don’t be Demoralised’ Says CPI Candidate C Divakaran; ‘I’m Not!’ Replies Tharoor

C Divakaran, the CPI and left front candidate, who is opposing Tharoor, also visited him at the hospital.

"Very gracious of my LDF rival C Divakaran to call this morning to express concern about my well-being. Said he had spoken to the Hospital Superintendent to assure himself I would be ok," Tharoor tweeted as well.

Divakaran asked Tharoor not to be demoralised,.

"I'm not: I'm more determined than ever to see this through!," Tharoor said.

The Thiruvananthapuram constituency is witnessing a fierce triangular fight among the ruling CPI(M)-led LDF, Opposition Congress-led UDF and BJP-led NDA.