A war of words erupted between Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor over a 2009 dinner hosted by Puri in New York. At the time, Puri was serving as India’s ambassador to the UN and US billionaire George Soros was among the attendees.

Puri hits out at Tharoor and said Congress leader himself provided the list of invitees for the dinner, which included Soros. He said in a post on X, “Language has frequently been accorded pride of place amongst major arts of deception.  Some of my friends in the Congress Party excel in obfuscation; but they tweet at their own peril.’

Language has frequently been accorded pride of place amongst major arts of deception.

Some of my friends in the Congress Party excel in obfuscation; but they tweet at their own peril.

I want to take up two issues raised by them.

First – my friend Dr @ShashiTharoor Ji, who was a… pic.twitter.com/sIWc2omjg8
— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) December 20, 2024