Malappuram : Amidst bans and controversies, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor MP reaches Malappuram . While there, he meets up with Panakkad Sadiq Ali Thangal and MLA Kunjalikutty. Shashi Tharoor will also attend an event at Civil Services Academy named after Hyder Ali Shihab Thangal in Perunthalmana. Tharoor visited the DCC office and met with prominent leaders of the district too.
We must get everybody together to fight communalism; That’s the Congress stand and it’s good to be working for it, said Tharoor
Asked for comments, Kunjalikutty said the visit was routine as such and thati Tharoor has been to Panakkad before and met with Sadiq Ali as well.
Much of the conversations was political. Tharoor held discussions with Youth League state president Munvar Ali Shihab Thangal. Tharoor was accompanied by MK Raghavan MP on his visits.
Tharoor’s tour of Malappuram comes in the midst of Muslim League’s deep discontent with Sudhakaran’s controversial pro-RSS remarks.
