Shashi Tharoor 
New Delhi: The Indian Embassy in Kuwait slammed Congress MP Shashi Tharoor for endorsing an “anti-India tweet” by a “Pakistani agent” and asserted that such anti-India elements should not be encouraged.
The sharp rebuttal from the Indian Embassy in Kuwait came after Tharoor retweeted a tweet that 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.
“We can’t sit back and watch Muslim girls being publicly persecuted they said. Time for the Ummah to unite,” the tweet further said.
Responding to this tweet, the Thiruvananthapuram MP said that domestic actions have international repercussions.
Tharoor said he heard his friends in the Gulf expressing concern over rising Islamophobia in India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s unwillingness to condemn it.
“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,” he tweeted.
Reacting to this tweet, the Indian Embassy in Kuwait, from its official Twitter handle, said it was sad to see an Honourable Member of Indian Parliament retweeting an anti-India tweet by a Pakistani agent who was a recipient of a Pakistani Award ‘Ambassador of Peace’ for his anti-India activities.
Responding to the Indian Embassy’s tweet, Tharoor said he doesn’t endorse the individual but is concerned about the sentiment he conveys which is shared by many who are friends of India.
The Ministry of External Affairs has already stated that any criticism by countries over the Karnataka hijab row and on internal issues will not be acceptable.