NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday hit again at “zealots” inside his occasion after dealing with criticism over his reported remarks that India crossed the Line of Management (LoC) for the primary time in the course of the 2016 surgical strike on a terror base. Tharoor, who’s main one of many 7 multi-party delegations to reveal Pakistan publish Pahalgam terror assault, clarified that his feedback particularly addressed reprisals for terrorist assaults, not earlier wars. “After a protracted and profitable day in Panama, I’ve to wind up at midnight right here with departure for Bogota, Colombia in six hours, so I don’t actually have time for this — however anyway: For these zealots fulminating about my supposed ignorance of Indian valour throughout the LoC: up to now,” Tharoor stated in a publish on X.“I used to be clearly and explicitly talking solely about reprisals for terrorist assaults and never about earlier wars and my remarks had been preceded by a reference to the a number of assaults which have taken place lately alone, throughout which earlier Indian responses had been each restrained and constrained by our accountable respect for the LoC and the IB,” he added.The controversy erupted after Tharoor reportedly acknowledged in Panama that India breached the LoC “for the primary time” in the course of the 2016 surgical strike. This prompted a pointy response from his occasion colleague Udit Raj, who accused Tharoor of denigrating Congress’s legacy. “How might you denigrate the golden historical past of Congress by saying that earlier than PM Modi, India by no means crossed LoC and Worldwide border?” Raj questioned.“In 1965 Indian Military entered Pakistan at a number of factors, which fully stunned the Pakistanis within the Lahore sector. In 1971, India tore Pakistan in two items and through UPA authorities a number of surgical strikes had been unleashed however drum beating was not achieved to encash (it) politically,” he stated.This is not the primary conflict between the 2 Congress leaders. Final month, Raj criticized Tharoor’s feedback about intelligence failures following the Pahalgam assault, accusing him of performing as BJP’s lawyer. The Thiruvananthapuram MP retorted by declaring Raj’s BJP background, saying he “is best certified to grasp who speaks for the BJP.”Tharoor’s latest statements on India-Pakistan relations have notably diverged from the Congress occasion’s official place, significantly relating to the federal government’s dealing with of US President Trump’s claims about mediating a ceasefire between the 2 nations.