Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor tweets "I stand with Modiji on this", here's why
New Delhi: Prominent Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram, MP, Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday evening dug through the tweets of the official twitter handle of PM Narendra Modi’s official website. The former International diplomat then referred to one of the tweets from the handle from 2013 and retweeted it with a comment saying he stands with Narendra Modi on the matter.
In 2013, the twitter handle @narendramodi_in had tweeted on the matter with a border dispute with the Chinese Army when the UPA government was in power at the Centre. The handle had quoted Narendra Modi questioning “China withdraws its forces, but I wonder why Indian forces are withdrawing from Indian Territory? Why did we retreat?”
Retweeting the old tweet, Tharoor took a dig at PM Modi saying he stands with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s question of 2013 and added that he should now question it himself as he is the Prime Minister of the country and a similar situation is prevailing on the border.
Lately, Narendra Modi led BJP government at the Centre has been under attack by the opposition due to the border dispute with China and the standoff between the armed forces of the two countries. Several twitter campaigns have been run by the opposition parties and twitter users, calling out on the Central government for failing to manage the situation at the border.
China withdraws its forces but I wonder why Indian forces are withdrawing from Indian territory? Why did we retreat? : @narendramodi
— narendramodi_in (@narendramodi_in) May 13, 2013
I stand with Modiji on this. PM must answer his question! https://t.co/xauOoFONvh
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) July 7, 2020
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Flight services between Kolkata, Dubai resume partially
Kolkata (PTI): Flight services between Kolkata and Dubai resumed partially on Thursday, after a four-day suspension due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, officials said.
A flydubai aircraft from Dubai landed at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here at 2:40 am with 130 passengers on board, marking the first arrival from the Middle East after services were halted for over 113 hours, they said.
The Boeing 737 Max aircraft was scheduled to arrive at 12:25 am, Kolkata airport officials said.
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The same aircraft departed for Dubai at 3:59 am with 55 passengers, they said.
The last flight to depart for the Middle East from Kolkata before the suspension was an Emirates aircraft to Dubai on February 28, the officials said.
International services between Kolkata and cities such as Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi were disrupted, after airlines temporarily suspended operations amid escalating tensions and airspace restrictions in parts of the Middle East, due to the conflict involving the US, Israel and Iran.
There is no clear indication about when all the Middle East routes will fully reopen, they said.
